Production
De Niro and Keitel had worked together on three previous films, Mean Streets in 1973, Taxi Driver in 1976, and Falling in Love in 1984. Due to the film's modest budget, all of the actors worked for scale. The entire main cast (with the exception of Robert Patrick) and most of the supporting cast, were born or raised in New York.
Numerous supporting actors in Cop Land would later appear in The Sopranos, including Edie Falco, Tony Sirico, John Ventimiglia, Frank Vincent, Paul Herman, Annabella Sciorra, Robert Patrick, Arthur Nascarella and Janeane Garofalo.
John Travolta was offered the role of Freddy but turned it down.
The movie is based on Mangold's hometown Washingtonville, New York. He grew up in a development called Worley Heights, where many of the residents were NYPD. However, Edgewater, New Jersey was the principal shooting location.
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