Development
The film was produced by Lionsgate and Lee Daniels Entertainment. The title comes from a custom in medieval England of referring to prisoners awaiting execution as "monsters". The night before their execution, their jailers would hold a farewell feast known as a "monster's ball."
The prison scenes in Monster's Ball were filmed in Louisiana State Penitentiary in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Angela Bassett was originally scripted to play Leticia but later turned down the lead role because of the script's sexual content.
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