20 Things You Somehow Missed In The Shawshank Redemption

20. Mini Morgan Freeman’s Mugshot

Instead of digitally altering pictures of Morgan Freeman to make his character look younger or simply asking the actor for some early pictures of himself, the crew resorted to an even easier method: Taking pictures of Freeman’s son.

When the audience sees young Red’s mugshots attached to his parole papers, they’re actually looking at pictures of a 35-year-old Alfonso Freeman. For proof it’s him and not his dad, just wait until later in the film.

Alfonso Freeman appears further on in The Shawshank Redemption as one of the cons berating the "fresh fish" on Andy's first night in prison. That means that his first acting credit actually includes two separate roles: Young Red and this unnamed criminal.