FAQ

Sam Rockwell was 31 at the time of the film's release and the age of the character was largely irrelevant.

Percy caused it, Brutal didn't trip Del on purpose. Therefore Percy is to blame.

Retired prison guard Paul Edgecomb () relates to fellow retirement home resident Elaine Connelly (Eve Brent) the story of John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a man accused of murdering two young girls. However, there's more to the kind-hearted Coffey than can be seen.

The Green Mile is based on the 1996 novel of the same name, written by Stephen King.

It is not explained in the movie. In the novel, Bitterbuck (Graham Greene) is sentenced to death after killing a man in an argument over a pair of boots. Del (Michael Jeter) is a convicted arsonist, rapist and murderer.

Whenever a sentence of capital punishment is carried out in the United States, the law requires people be present as witnesses to see the convict actually die. The witnesses are all volunteers. In most states, if not all, the victim's family is also given the option to attend the execution, as is the case in this movie.

Like Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen King occasionally has a cameo in the movies based on his stories, but he does not appear in The Green Mile.