History Trivia / Alatriste

!!Film
* ActorSharedBackground: The Basque Íñigo is portrayed by Basque actor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unax_Ugalde Unax Ugalde]].
* ApprovalOfGod: Contrary to a certain popular belief that Pérez-Reverte hated the film, he actually loved it, calling it "a fierce film, with all the characters being recognizable" and also approved Mortensen's performance, seeing it as an excellent portrayal of the character.
* DeletedScenes: Apparently, there was a ''full hour'' of deleted footage cut from the film.
* FakeNationality: Spaniard Alatriste is played by Danish-American actor Creator/ViggoMortensen. Ironically, in the books Íñigo acknowledged to the reader that he didn't know Alatriste's actual birth place, and even speculated he might not be Spanish after all (though it is still unlikely than Alatriste was Danish or British).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Reverte, he was once approached by two Hollywood execs who wanted to do a film adaptation, only with poor Alatriste being left in the gutter in favor of a CanonForeigner who would be his amoral girlfriend. At the end of the film, apparently, this new character would have risen up to become Queen of Spain.

* CreatorBreakdown: Asked about the next ''Alatriste'' in a 2019 congress of Spanish language academies, Reverte said that he didn't discard coming back to the series, but also that there was no promise he would ("I don't know how long I will live", "I don't know if I will be lucid"), and that part of this was that his perception of the time period and Spanish history had changed since he was writing the series. In another interview he added that he was not sure if he could write the series with the same spirit now that he was in an older age.

* FakeNationality: Spaniard Alatriste is played by Danish-American actor Creator/ViggoMortensen. Ironically, in the books Íñigo acknowledged to the reader that he didn't know Alatriste's actual birth place, and even speculated he might not be Spanish after all (though it is still unlikely than Alatriste was either Danish or born in the Indias).

* DuelingWorks[=/=]FollowTheLeader: With/to ''Series/AguilaRoja'', which bizarrely was piggybacking on the popularity of the ''Alatriste'' books itself, but used the Spanish 17th century as a PurelyAestheticEra and ramped up action and comedy. Instead of using the source material to produce a mature and serious drama that contrasted with the self-admitted silliness of ''Águila Roja'', they clumsily followed on its steps, earning themselves the ire of book fans, failing to gain new ones, and handing over victory to ''Águila Roja'' from the get go.

* CreatorBreakdown: Asked about the next ''Alatriste'' book during a congress of Spanish language academies, Reverte said that he didn't discard coming back to the series, but also that there was no promise he would ("I don't know how long I will live", "I don't know if I will be lucid"), and that part of this was that his perception of the time period and Spanish history had changed since he was writing the series. In another interview he added that he was not sure if he could write the series with the same spirit now that he was in an older age.

* CreatorBreakdown: Asked about the next ''Alatriste'' book during a congress of Spanish language academies, Reverte said that he didn't discard coming back to the series, but also that there was no promise he would ("I don't know how long I will live", "I don't know if I will be lucid"), and that part of this was that his perception of the time period and Spanish history had changed since he was writing the series. In another interview he added that he was not sure if he would write the character(s) with the same spirit after so many years.

* CreatorBreakdown: Asked about the next ''Alatriste'' book during a presentation of ''Sidi'' (2019), Reverte said that he didn't discard coming back to the series, but also that there was no promise he would ("I don't know how long I will live", "I don't know if I will be lucid"), and that part of this was that his perception of the time period and Spanish history in general had changed since he was writing the series.

* DuelingWorks[=/=]FollowTheLeader: With/to ''Series/AguilaRoja'', which bizarrely was piggybacking on the popularity of the ''Alatriste'' books itself, but used the Spanish 17th century as a PurelyAestheticEra and ramped up action and comedy. Instead of using the source material to produce a mature and serious drama that contrasted with the self-admitted silliness of ''Águila Roja'', they attempted to clumsily follow on its steps, earning themselves the ire of book fans and failing to gain new ones.

* DuelingWorks[=/=]FollowTheLeader: With/to ''Series/AguilaRoja'', which bizarrely was piggybacking on the popularity of the ''Alatriste'' books itself, but used the Spanish 17th century as a PurelyAestheticEra and ramped up action and comedy. Instead of using the source material to produce a mature and serious drama that contrasted with the self-admitted silliness of ''Águila Roja'', they attempted to clumsily follow on its steps, earning themselves the ire of ''Alatriste'' fans and failing to gain new ones.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Pérez-Reverte loves using characters based on real life friends of his, with his Mexican editor Sealtiel Alatriste being the inspiration behind the title character's surname. The fourth book features two characters obviously based on his fellow writers Creator/JoseSaramago and Juan Eslava Galán, and this is only the beginning of the list.

* DevelopmentHell: The author tends to take ''a lot'' of time between the last books.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Pérez-Reverte loves to use characters based on real life friends of his, with his Mexican editor Sealtiel Alatriste being the inspiration behind the title character's surname. The fourth book features two characters obviously based on his fellow writers Creator/JoseSaramago and Juan Eslava Galán, and this is only the beginning of the list.

* ApprovalOfGod: Contrary to the popular belief that Pérez-Reverte hated the film, he actually loved it, calling it "a fierce film, with all the characters being recognizable" and also approved Mortensen's performance, seeing it as an excellent portrayal of the character.

* FakeNationality: Spaniard Alatriste is played by Danish-American actor Creator/ViggoMortensen. Ironically, in the books Íñigo acknowledged to the reader that he didn't know Alatriste's actual birth place, and even speculated he might not be Spanish after all (though it is still unlikely than Alatriste was either Danish or born in the ''Indias'').
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Reverte, he was once approached by two Hollywood execs who wanted to do a film adaptation with poor Alatriste being left in the gutter in favor of a CanonForeigner who would be his amoral girlfriend. At the end of the film, apparently, this new character would have risen up to become Queen of Spain.

* CreatorBacklash: Due to the TroubledProduction, Mediaset producer Paolo Vasile and most executives declared the series a failure even before its screening, and nobody in the audience really disagreed with them afterwards. It was even rumored that the word "Alatriste" became a BerserkButton for Vasile, to the point he reportedly still goes ballistic every time someone mentions it in his presence.

* TroubledProduction: The choice to shoot in Budapest in order to reduce costs was only the beginning of a ''very'' stormy production, which included ExecutiveMeddling for the story to be made LighterAndSofter, realization problems every day, scripts that were changed behind people's backs, and a historical consultant who was never summoned to the set in the first place.

* DeletedScenes: Apparently, there were a ''full hour'' of deleted footage cut from the film.
* FakeNationality: Spaniard Alatriste is played by Danish-American actor Creator/ViggoMortensen. Ironically, this could be considered a subversion; the books, Íñigo sporadically acknowledged to the reader that he didn't know Alatriste's actual birth place and speculated he might not be Spanish after all.

* ApprovalOfGod: Reverte considered the series a lost chance, lamenting it was shoddily made, but he spoke shockingly well of it anyways and praised many aspects that fans and critics were ruthless with, like the story and actors.

* CreatorBacklash: Producer Paolo Vasile and most of the executives labelled the series as a failure even before its screening, and nobody in the audience really disagreed with that afterwards. It was even rumored that the word "Alatriste" became a BerserkButton for Vasile, to the point he reportedly still goes ballistic every time someone mentions it in his presence.

* TroubledProduction: The choice to shoot in Budapest in order to reduce costs was only the beginning of a ''very'' stormy production, which included ExecutiveMeddling for the story to be made LighterAndSofter, realization problems every day, scripts that were changed behind people's backs, and a historical consultant who was never summoned to the set.

* CreatorBacklash: Producer Paolo Vasile and most of the executives labelled the series as a failure even before its screening. Nobody in the audience really disagreed with that.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Producers pressed to have the story to be made LighterAndSofter.
* RemakeCameo: The Marchess of Hinojosa is played by Luis Zahera, who also appeared in the film playing a character named Pereira.

* DisownedAdaptation: Pérez-Reverte criticized the film.

* DisownedAdaptation: Though he shockingly spoke rather well of it compared to the film, Reverte still gave the series a negative review and concluded it was a lost chance.

* ActorSharedBackground: In the film, the Basque Íñigo is portrayed by Basque actor [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unax_Ugalde Unax Ugalde]].
* CaliforniaDoubling: The decision to film the TV adaptation in Hungary has met criticism.
* DisownedAdaptation:
** Pérez-Reverte criticized the film.
** Though he shockingly spoke rather well of the TV series (even if he still concluded it was a lost chance), producer Paolo Vasile and most of the executives labelled it as a failure even before its screening. Nobody in the audience really disagreed with that.
* FakeNationality: In the movie, Alatriste was portrayed by Danish-American actor Creator/ViggoMortensen.
* RemakeCameo: In the series, the Marchess of Hinojosa is played by Luis Zahera, who also appeared in the film playing a character named Pereira.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Reverte, he was once approached by two Hollywood execs who wanted to do a film adaptation with poor Alatriste being left in the gutter in favor of a CanonForeigner who would be his amoral girlfriend. At the end of the film, apparently, this new character would have risen up to become Queen of Spain.

* RemakeCameo: In the series, the Marchess of Hinojosa is played by Luis Zahera, who also appeared in the film playing a character named Pereira.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] stars in the movie.
** Many of the actors in the movie are old acquaintances for Spanish viewers. The Count-Duke of Olivares is played by Rafi from the ''Torrente'' films (Javier Cámara), Guadalmedina is the pretty boy from ''Tesis'' (Eduardo Noriega), Quevedo is Antonio Alcántara's (from the TV series ''Cuéntame'') brother (Juan Echanove, an institution in Spanish movies, TV and theater), and so on.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The TV series has an extensive redubbing to mask the fact it was filmed in Budapest with non-Spanish-speaking extras, and many a viewer would have felt perplexed at hearing Creator/JoseMariaCarrero, a renowned Spanish voice actor specialized in anime and videogames.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The TV series has an extensive redubbing to mask the fact it was filmed in Budapest with non-Spanish-speaking extras, and many a viewer would have felt perplexed at hearding Creator/JoseMariaCarrero, a renowned Spanish dubber specialized in anime and videogames.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The TV series has an extensive redubbing to mask the fact it was filmed in Budapest with non-Spanish-speaking extras, and many a viewer would have felt perplexed at hearding José María Carrero (a renowned Spanish dubber specialized in anime and videogames, famous for also being [[Manga/OnePiece Portgas D. Ace]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Joe Kido]] and [[Franchise/LupinIII Goemon Ishikawa XIII]]) voicing every unnamed character.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The TV series has an extensive redubbing to mask the fact it was filmed in Budapest with non-Spanish-speaking extras, and many a viewer would have felt perplexed at hearding José María Carrero (a renowned Spanish dubber specialized in anime and videogames, famous for also being [[Manga/OnePiece Portgas D. Ace]], [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Joe Kido]] and [[Franchise/LupinIII Goemon Ishikawa XIII]]) voicing every unnamed character.

** Many of the actors in the movie are old acquaintances for Spanish viewers. The Count-Duke of Olivares is played by Rafi from the ''Torrente'' films (Javier Cámara), Guadalmedina is the pretty boy from ''Tesis'' (Eduardo Noriega), Quevedo is Antonio Alcántara's (from the TV series ''Cuéntame'') brother (Juan Echanove, an institution in Spanish movies, TV and theater), and so on.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] stars in the movie.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] stars in the movie.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] stars in the movie.