Did You Know These Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Cast Away"?

FedEx Didn't Pay for Product Placement

Despite the overwhelming amount of FedEx logos featured in this film, the company didn't pay a dollar to have their name in "Cast Away." Instead, the writers approached the shipping mogul. The point of having Chuck work as a FedEx executive was to highlight how his corporate life was constantly dictated by time, and when he's stranded on the island, he loses that concept completely. 

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