Portraying Correctional Officers Correctly
Before filming began, Clancy Brown (right) was approached by several real-life correctional officers offering to help him portray Captain Hadley more authentically. However, Brown declined their assistance. He recognized that Hadley was written as an inherently evil character and didn’t want to inaccurately represent actual correctional officers. Instead, he chose to interpret the role in his own way, crafting Captain Hadley into one of the most unlikable characters in the film.
Portraying Correctional Officers Correctly
Making Sewage
In the powerful climax of the film, Andy Dufresne escapes Shawshank Prison by ingeniously tunneling through its walls and crawling through the sewers. His daring escape involves crawling through a sewage pipe filled with what appears to be human waste. However, the sludge Andy navigates is actually a mixture of chocolate syrup, sawdust, and water—a clever cinematic illusion. Remarkably, visitors to the prison have reported that, even decades later, the pipes still carry the lingering scent of chocolate.
Making Sewage
