'Bridge Of Spies' trivia and fun facts

Steven Spielberg cast Mark Rylance in the movie after watching his Tony Award-winning performance in Twelfth Night.

During the scene at dinner, James Donovan uses the line, "Every man deserves a defense". This line was also used in another Tom Hanks movie, 'The Green Mile'.

The rock band U2 took their name from the U-2 plane which is featured in this movie. The band's lead singer Bono's daughter Eve Hewson plays a role in the movie.

When James Donovan makes arguments to the Supreme Court about Rudolf, the words used in the movie were the same as the arguments presented to the Supreme Court.

This is Tom Hanks's fourth film collaboration with Steven Spielberg since Saving Private Ryan' (1998), 'Catch Me If You Can' (2002) and 'The Terminal' (2004). It is their first collaboration in over ten years.

The first Steven Spielberg film not to be scored by John Williams since The Color Purple (1985).

Was filmed under the title of 'St. James Place'.

Partially filmed at Beale Air Force Base, California.

Rudolf Abel's accent was accurate. Abel was born in Newcastle and He has Russian parents and spent some of his school age years in Scotland. He returned to Moscow in his late teens but never lost his accent when speaking English.

This is the second collaboration between Steven Spielberg and The Coen Brothers. Spielberg was the executive producer for 'True Grit'.