History Trivia / Boris

* TheDanza: Alessandro is played by Alessandro Tiberi, while Karin is played by Karin Proia. Notably, in both cases their characters [[OnlyOneName lack a canonical surname]].

* TheDanza: Alessandro played by Alessandro Tiberi. Karin played by Karin Proia.

* AllStarCast: Several main roles are portrayed by high-profile Italian performers, be them TV and/or film actors (Carolina Crescentini as Corinna, Pietro Sermonti as Stanis, Antonio Catania as Lopez), comedians (Caterina Guzzanti as Arianna) or voice actors (Creator/FrancescoPannofino as René Creator/AlessandroTiberi as Alessandro).

* AllStarCast: Several main roles are portrayed by high-profile Italian performers, be them TV and/or film actors (Carolina Crescentini as Corinna, Pietro Sermonti as Stanis, Antonio Catania as Lopez), comedians (Caterina Guzzanti as Arianna) or voice actors (Creator/FrancescoPannofino as René).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The character "Stanis" was originally supposed to be an actor who plays a priest on the SoapWithinAShow. It was Pietro Sermonti's idea to make Stanis "an actor who plays a doctor" to satirize the popularity of his previous role, Dr. Guido Zanin on "A Doctor in the Family".

* AllStarCast: Several main roles are portrayed by high-profile Italian performers, be them TV and/or film actors (Carolina Crescentini as Corinna, Pietro Sermonti as Stanis, Antonio Catania as Lopez), comedians (Caterina Guzzanti as Arianna) or voice actors (Francesco Pannofino as René).

** Mattia Torre, one of the three creators and showrunners of the series, also passed away in 2019.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: After ten years in 2020, it's confirmed that there would be a fourth season. However, Arnaldo Ninchi (Dr. Cane) died in 2013, and Roberta Fiorentini (Itala) died in 2019.

** Mattia Torre, one of the three creators and showrunners of the series, also passed in 2019.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The character "Stanis" (the resident narcissist actor) was originally supposed to be play a priest on the SoapWithinAShow. It was Pietro Sermonti's idea to make Stanis "an actor who plays a doctor" to satirize the popularity of his previous role, Dr. Guido Zanin on "A Doctor in the Family".

* BigNameFan: Filmmaker Creator/JimJarmusch is an avowed fan, even using their music in his film ''Film/TheLimitsOfControl''.

* RealLifeRelative: Siblings Caterina and Corrado Guzzanti respectively portray Arianna and Mariano/The Count.

* ThePeteBest: Nagata, appropriately enough, their first drummer.

* CreatorBacklash: ''Pink'' is one of the band's best loved albums and is considered by some critics to be their best, but the band has had some negative things to say about it. Setlists have typically regularly included the title track and occasionally "Farewell" while ignoring the rest of the album. However, they reissued it in 2016 and played it live in its entirety, so either they've come around a bit or are just willing to put aside their own opinions and give the fans what they want.

* ThePeteBest: Nagata, appropriately enough, their first drummer.

!!The TV show:

* CreatorBacklash: ''Pink'' is one of the band's best loved albums and is considered by critics to be their best, but the band has had some negative things to say about it. Setlists have typically regularly included the title track and occasionally "Farewell" while ignoring the rest of the album. However, they reissued it in 2016 and played it live in its entirety, so either they've come around a bit or are just willing to put aside their own opinions and give the fans what they want.

* CreatorBacklash: ''Pink'' is one of the band's best loved albums and is considered by critics to be their best, but they don't like it. They've dropped the songs from their live sets besides playing the title track regularly and occasionally giving "Farewell" a go.

!!The TV show:
* HeyItsThatGuy: Pietro Sermonti, Stanis' actor, was known for his role as Guido Zanin in another italian series, ''A Doctor in the Family'' (doubles as a CastingGag).
* HeyItsThatVoice: René's actor, Francesco Pannofino, is the Italian voice of many Hollywood actors, including George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and CSI's William L. Petersen (Gil Grissom).

* CreatorBacklash: ''Pink'' is one of the band's best loved albums and is considered by critics to be their MagnumOpus, but they don't like it. They've dropped the songs from their live sets besides playing the title track regularly and occasionally giving "Farewell" a go.

* TearJerker: The second movement of ''Flood'' as well as "The Sinking Belle", a SurprisinglyGentleSong from their collaboration album with Music/SunnO.

* HeyIsThatGuy: Pietro Sermonti, Stanis' actor, was known for his role as Guido Zanin in another italian series, ''A Doctor in the Family'' (doubles as a CastingGag).

* HeyItsThatVoice: René's actor, Francesco Pannofino, is the Italian voice of many Hollywood actors, including George Clooney, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump and CSI's William L. Petersen (Gil Grissom).