Tom Hanks' decision to decline the role of Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption was due to previous commitments to other projects. However, one can't help imagine how the film might have differed with Hanks' involvement.

Although Freeman earned a modest salary of $300,000 for his role in the 1994 movie, the film eventually turned out to be his career's best, which visibly changed his life forever.

During production on The Shawshank Redemption, Greene passed away from AIDS. In this way, Darabont dedicated the movie to Greene because his agent was never able to see the film in its final form. Overall, Allen Greene's Shawshank Redemption dedication is centered on the fact that Frank Darabont directed the film.

Exactly why Norton does this is ultimately down to Andy's innocence. Faced with potentially losing the inmate who was running his money-laundering scheme, the warden opted to remove the one person capable of setting him free.