Filming was interrupted on 25 April 2005, when a thoroughbred, halter-broke horse used in the film died in a freak accident on the set at the Hansen Dam Equestrian Center in Lakeview Terrace, California. After extensive, independent investigations by both LA Animal Services and American Humane, no negligence was found on the part of the production or animal handlers, and the death was unanimously determined to be an accident.
During production, one of the horses in the movie stepped on its own rope and broke its neck.
Tim McGraw and Maria Bello are playing the parents of Ryan Kwanten and Alison Lohman, even though the two are but 9 and 12 years older than Kwanten and Lohman, respectively.
"Flicka" is a Swedish word that means "girl."