Cowboys & Aliens [2011] (1 disc)

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• Director Jon Favreau has a cameo where his mugshot can be seen as the sheriff notices and takes off the wanted poster of Jake Lonergan.
• Director Jon Favreau was constantly harassed with demands to shoot/convert the film in 3-D, but he held his ground, claiming Westerns should only be shot on film.
• Harrison Ford wanted to go bareheaded in the film and not wear a hat (he is most famous for his performance in Steven Spielberg's [Indiana Jones] films, where Jones wore a fedora), but since it was a Western film he was convinced to wear a hat. In American Graffiti, Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair (to go bareheaded with a period haircut) for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.
• Daniel Craig was chosen because of his distinct likeness to Steve McQueen, who starred in the cowboy epic The Magnificent Seven.
• Robert Downey Jr. was set to play Zeke Jackson (a "former Union army gunslinger"), but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Within the month, the character was then re-named Jake Lonergan, re-written to be an outlaw, and Downey, Jr. was replaced with Daniel Craig.
• Steven Spielberg screened The Searchers and Close Encounters of the Third Kind for Roberto Orci and Jon Favreau so that they could get the atmosphere of the film.
• Daniel Craig recommended Eva Green for the role of Ella after working with her in Casino Royale. However, Eva turned the role down and Olivia Wilde, who'd auditioned for Eva's [Bond] role of Vesper Lynd, was cast.
• The filmmakers cite Alien and Predator as an influence on the look of aliens in the film.
• The fabric used to make Ella's dress had originally been considered for Hailee Steinfeld's wardrobe in True Grit (2010) but had been deemed too feminine for that movie.
• Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman described the film as "Unforgiven with aliens landing."