A contest was held to determine who would portray Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler in this mini-series, but Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Timothy Dalton were cast instead of the contest winners.
Tara, Scarlett's home place, was painstakingly re-created for this mini-series in the Carolinas, using film footage from Gone with the Wind (1939), and photos as reference. The original, on which it is modelled, had been built in California, but did not exist any longer.
While on the set of this mini-series,, Timothy Dalton officially announced his resignation from the role of James Bond on April 11, 1994.
Just like Vivien Leigh, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer is English.
Scarlett has roughly one hundred twenty costume changes over the mini-series.