According to IMDB, actors Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of main character Joseph Palmer. However, it eventually went to Duvall. Since its release on Netflix recently, many viewers have flocked to social media to discuss The Judge.

Plus, besides his past performances, the newly minted Oscar winner is now playing four different characters in ‘The Sympathizer’

I would read everyone else's lines, and go, Oh, they got way cooler stuff. They're having more fun," he said. "What's my character doing? It was always about, 'You've got the wig on. You've got the muscles.