Originally his character on
Sons of Anarchy (2008),: Piermont "Piney" Winston, and
Ryan Hurst's character Harold "Opie" Winston weren't related. However, when filming the pilot episode of the show, seeing the two of them in their biker outfits and their towering heights of 6'5" and 6'4", respectively, they looked so much like father and son that creator
Kurt Sutter re-wrote them to be father and son.