Prison Break (2005-2009)is an American popular TV Show created by Paul Scheuring that was broadcasted on Fox for four seasons from 2005 to 2009. The show stars Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Sarah Wayne Callies, Wade Williams, and William Fichtner in the lead roles.
Prison Break (2005-2009) is story of an innocent man, who is sent to death row due to a political conspiracy and his only hope is his brother who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out from the inside out and clear their names off the crimes.
The TV show has won many awards and been critically acclaimed. Let’s look at some of the interesting facts and details about Prison Break (2005-2009).
13. 13 prisons banned the show.
12. It took 4.5 hours to apply the tattoo to Wentworth Miller (Michael Scofield) on set.
11. Prison Break (2005-2009) was initially 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.
10. Creater Paul Scheuring had said that the initial concept for the series (a man deliberately getting himself sent to prison in order to break out again) was suggested to him by a female colleague of his. He thought it was a great idea, but was initially stumped as to why someone would embark on such a strange mission. He later came up with the idea of the wrongfully accused brother, and the conspiracy subplot. He then started work on writing the pilot script for the show.
9. Several characters are named after presidents and politicians. Lincoln Burrows and Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell are named after Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Michael Scofield, Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin and Alexander Mahone are named after politicians Edward Scofield, Benjamin Franklin and William Mahone. Also Paul Kellerman is named after Roy Kellerman, the Secret Service agent who was riding in President John F. Kennedy's limousine at the time of his assassination.
8. If you were to have a tattoo like Michael's, it would take around 200 hours to make and it would cost around $15,000-$20,000.