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#1. No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy is the first novel the Coen brothers ever adapted.

#2. The Coens initially wouldn't meet with Josh Brolin because they'd already offered the role of Llewelyn to Heath Ledger.

#3. Days before the shoot, Josh Brolin wrecked his Ducati and broke his collarbone. He fibbed about the severity of his injury so the Coens wouldn't replace him.

#4. Javier Bardem put on 25 pounds to play Anton Chigurh.

#5. Anton Chigurh's weapon is a captive bolt pistol, commonly used to kill cows before slaughter without risk of flying bullets.

#6. An accounting error resulted in Tommy Lee Jones being given a bonus check for $17.5M.

#7. Javier Bardem used an umbrella to keep his skin pallid. His final scene is the first time he felt sunshine on his face in months.