20 Things You Didn’t Know About Moneyball

17. Most Of The Scouts Were Played By Real MLB Scouts

Though Bennett Miller hired actual actors to play most of the major roles, he did decide to cast real-life Major League Baseball scouts as the majority of the scouts seen in the movie.

Miller said that during pre-production he invited a number of scouts to a meeting to get a sense for how they conducted their business, and while watching them interact, it soon became clear to him and Brad Pitt that they didn't really need to hire actors.

As a result, the real scouts were hired for shooting proper, with Miller simply asking them to study the Oakland Athletics' 2002 season and apply their own problem-solving skills to the situation.

In Miller's own words, this authenticity really helped "bring [the film] to life."