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Rachel Dawes Was a Revolving Door
When Katie Holmes decided not to return for the sequel, the studio considered Sarah Michelle Gellar, Isla Fisher, Emily Blunt and Rachel McAdams before Maggie Gyllenhaal ended up taking over the role of Rachel Dawes.
Niko Fights Dirty (and Precisely)
Niko's default hand-to-hand combat isn't just generic brawler animation, it's actually modelled on Krav Maga, the close-quarters fighting system developed for the Israeli military. Makes sense once you think about it, given Niko's background as a war veteran who's clearly had to defend himself in ugly situations long before he ever got to Liberty City.
Filming Poured $70 Million Into Albuquerque
The show stuck with Albuquerque, New Mexico for all five seasons instead of chasing cheaper tax breaks elsewhere, and it's estimated the production put around $70 million into the local economy. Fans still turn up to photograph the White family house and the car wash.
The Falmer Were Once a Proud, Sighted Civilization
The blind, feral Falmer players fight in Skyrim's ruins were once the Snow Elves, a proud and prosperous civilization that rivaled the High Elves before being driven underground by the Nords in the Merethic Era.
Marco Polo Makes a Comeback
The old Marco Polo minigame, first seen as a lighthearted moment between Nate and Elena back in Uncharted 2, shows up again here as a small optional distraction, a nice quiet callback for anyone who's been with the series a while.
Arcane Toppled Squid Game in Under a Week
Barely a week after its first three episodes dropped, Arcane had already knocked Squid Game off the number one spot worldwide, taking the top of the chart in 34 countries at once. For a show based on a video game with no prior TV adaptation, that's a genuinely wild launch.
An Accent Coached From Home
Tia Dalma speaks with a partial Jamaican accent, and that's no coincidence. Naomie Harris's own mother is Jamaican and worked as her dialect coach to help her nail the sound during production.
Moriarty Was Almost Just 'Jim From IT'
Andrew Scott's Moriarty was originally only meant to pop up briefly as Molly's boyfriend 'Jim from IT' in The Great Game. The writers were so impressed by him that they hurried to write in the swimming pool confrontation at the end of the episode, and that tense exchange between him and Sherlock was actually lifted straight from Scott's original audition script.
Pickle Rick Premiered a Year Early
A rough, unfinished animatic of the Pickle Rick sewer sequence was shown off to fans at San Diego Comic-Con back in 2016, a full year before the finished episode actually aired on Adult Swim. Some fans even spent that year convinced it was some kind of elaborate April Fools joke because it took so long to show up on screen.