Timothy Olyphant's stoic, pigeon-toed portrayal of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens has been compared frequently to U.S. Marshal Will Kane, played by Gary Cooper in the classic western High Noon (1952). Randall Kusik, boxer and angry ex-husband of one of Raylan's love interests, says, "How about I put a little hitch in that Gary Cooper walk?"
According to Graham Yost, Drew Thompson's wife being a psychic was suggested by Timothy Olyphant, who was obsessed with a reality show called America's Psychic Challenge (2007).
Martin Sheen and Christopher Walken movie referred here is 'The Dead Zone'.