10 Prison Break Trivia FACTS!!!

1.    The filming location, the old Joliet Prison, actually only has cells stacked two high. To be able to show the cells stacked three high, a studio set was constructed.
2.   Stacy Keach (the Prison Warden) spent six months in a British prison and modeled his character after the man in charge at that institution.
3.    Robert Knepper (T-Bag) says he based the haircut of his character on an old Science teacher he had, who had a "poofy bit", which always stuck up at the front.
4.    According to an interview with Rockmond Dunbar the character of C-Note was only suppose to appear in the first 2 episodes but when the show was renewed for a full season C-Note's role was extended to a recurring character.
5.    13 prisons banned the show.
6.    Wentworth Miller was a last minute casting choice. He started filming about a week after auditioning/being cast.
7.    Silas Weir Mitchell (I) (Haywire) originally auditioned for the role of T-Bag.
8.    If you were to have a tattoo like Michael s it would take around 200 hours to make and the cost of it would be around $15000-$20000 dollars.
9.    It takes 4.5 hours to apply the tattoo to Wentworth.
10.    The idea for the show was originally pitched to the Fox Broadcasting Company in 2003 but was turned down as Fox felt somewhat nervous about the long-term possibilities of such a television series. It was later considered as a possible 10-part mini series, which allegedly drew interest from big names in the film industry such as Steven Spielberg and Bruce Willis. However, the mini series never materialized.