History Trivia / Lupin2021

* ActorSharedBackground: Zigzagged. Assane Diop is French of Senegalese extraction, and so is Creator/OmarSy. However, Sy was born in France, while Assane actually did spend his early years in Senegal. Also, Sy descends from the Fulani ethnic group (and grew up speaking the Fula language at home), while Assane's surname "Diop" suggests that his origins lie in the Wolof people.

* BillingDisplacement: Nicole Garcia (Anne Pellegrini) is the fourth name listed in the credits for the episodes she appears in--after Creator/OmarSy, Creator/LudivineSagnier, and Clotilde Hesme, and before the likes of Soufiane Guerrab (Guédira) and Antoine Gouy (Benjamin)--despite having minimal screen time in the show overall. This is likely due to Garcia being a very well-known and respected name in the French film industry: she's a César award-winning actress and director, which is [[{{Understatement}} kind of a big deal]].

** Creator/OmarSy, Creator/LudivineSagnier, Antoine Gouy and Clotilde Hesme, all of whom were around 40 at the time of filming, play Assane, Claire, Benjamin and Juliette in both the present timeline and 2006, when the characters are supposed to be in their mid to late twenties. Digital de-aging was employed.

* FollowTheLeader: The French division of Netflix has released a whole string of action/heist/crime-thriller television series in the wake of ''Lupin'', although none of them has, thus far, managed to even come close to matching its global success.

* InternationalCoproduction: It's a French production, but the show's creator and main writer, George Kay, is from England. Kay has admitted to having a fairly poor understanding of French--his co-writer François Uzan is responsible for translating all of the English language scripts he's written.

** Creator/LudivineSagnier is best known for being French cinema's resident [[MsFanservice frequently-nude]] GenkiGirl. As Claire, she embodies a GirlNextDoor turned single mother. Sagnier has said that part of the reason she wanted to be in the series--in addition to her desire to work with Creator/OmarSy--was because she would [[SoMyKidsCanWatch be able to watch it with her children]].

** The filming of the first season was halted in March 2020 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and resumed in June. This resulted in a minor TemporaryBulkChange for Assane since, by his own admission, Creator/OmarSy gained five kilograms (for Americans, that's around 11 pounds) during the first lockdown.

* {{Typecasting}}:
** Creator/OmarSy as a guy who engages in criminal activity but manages to win people over due to his positive attitude and bottomless charisma--are we talking about Assane or Driss from ''Film/{{Intouchables}}''?
** Omar Sy in yet another [[AnImmigrantsTale immigrant's tale]].

** Creator/OmarSy was originally meant to [[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-29/how-netflix-s-lupin-and-omar-sy-pulled-off-the-perfect-heist-show play the real Arsene Lupin]] but was made into an original character.

** Creator/OmarSy for ''Film/{{Intouchables}}'', obviously, or else Barry from ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
** Creator/LudivineSagnier played Tinkerbell in the 2003 live-action adaptation of ''Film/PeterPan''. Viewers of a different persuasion may also remember her as the [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl naked woman]] from all those early-aughts Creator/FrancoisOzon films.
** For French audiences, Pierre Lottin (adult Bruno) is very well known as Wilfried in the ''Les Tuche'' [[CashCowFranchise comedy franchise]].

* ActorSharedBackground: Zigzagged. Assane Diop is French of Senegalese extraction, and so is Omar Sy. However, Sy was born in France, while Assane actually did spend his early years in Senegal. Also, Sy descends from the Fulani ethnic group (and grew up speaking the Fula language at home), while Assane's surname "Diop" suggests that his origins lie in the Wolof people.

* BillingDisplacement: Nicole Garcia (Anne Pellegrini) is the fourth name listed in the credits for the episodes she appears in--after Creator/OmarSy, Creator/LudivineSagnier, and Clotilde Hesme, and before the likes of Soufiane Guerrab (Guédira) and Antoine Gouy (Benjamin)--despite having minimal screen time in the show overall. This is largely due Garcia being a very well-known and respected name in the French film industry (she's a César award-winning actress and director, which is [[{{Understatement}} kind of a big deal]]).
** Averted for the credits in Part 3, which establish a consistent starring cast of Sy, Sagnier, Gouy, Guerrab, Creator/ShirineBoutella (Belkacem), Mamadou Haidara (young Assane), and Etan Simon (Raoul).

** Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Antoine Gouy and Clotilde Hesme, all of whom were around 40 at the time of filming, play Assane, Claire, Benjamin and Juliette in both the present timeline and 2006, when the characters are supposed to be in their mid to late twenties. Digital de-aging was employed.

** Inverted for the present-day version of Keller. He's meant to be substantially older than Assane, but his actor, Steve Tientcheu, was born in 1982, while Omar Sy was born in 1978. (This also means that Tientcheu is a year younger than Assane, whose InUniverse birth occurred in May 1981.)

** Fans of ''Lupin'' who gravitate towards the comedy genre also tend to enjoy ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', due in part to the obvious similarities between the dynamic that Guédira shares with Assane and that between Jake Peralta and Doug Judy in the American sitcom. That Sofia Belkacem is a borderline {{Expy}} of Rosa Diaz also doesn't hurt.
* FollowTheLeader: It's pretty obvious that the French division of Netflix has made ''Lupin'' its flagship project--shortly after the show's third season came out, Netflix France released the heist-genre film ''Voleuses'' (literally "female thieves" but changed to ''Wingwomen'' in English) starring Creator/MelanieLaurent, as well as a documentary about cat burglar Vieran Tomic. Additionally, several actors from the series, including Creator/OmarSy, Creator/ShirineBoutella, and Antoine Gouy, have appeared in other French films and series produced by the streamer.

** Ludivine Sagnier is best known for being French cinema's resident [[MsFanservice frequently-nude]] GenkiGirl. As Claire, she embodies a GirlNextDoor turned single mother. Sagnier has said that part of the reason she wanted to be in the series--in addition to her desire to work with Omar Sy--was because she would [[SoMyKidsCanWatch be able to watch it with her children]].
** Clotilde Hesme's height and distinctive angular features have led her to be frequently cast as TheLadette or otherwise androgynous characters. Juliette Pellegrini, on the other hand, is a decidedly feminine {{Socialite}}.
* SameLanguageDub: Spanish speakers interested in watching the show dubbed over have a choice between Castillian and Latin American versions.

** The filming of the first season was halted in March 2020 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and resumed in June. This resulted in a minor TemporaryBulkChange for Assane since, by his own admission, Omar Sy gained five kilograms (for Americans, that's around 11 pounds) during the first lockdown.

** Omar Sy was originally meant to [[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-29/how-netflix-s-lupin-and-omar-sy-pulled-off-the-perfect-heist-show play the real Arsene Lupin]] but was made into an original character.
** There were plans to have Omar Sy, as Assane, appear in the Paris-set ''Series/MoneyHeist'' spinoff series ''Berlin'', which would have confirmed that ''Lupin'' and ''Money Heist'' take place within the same universe. However, this fell through due to scheduling conflicts.

** Omar Sy for ''Film/{{Intouchables}}'', obviously, or else Barry from ''Film/JurassicWorld''.
** Ludivine Sagnier played Tinkerbell in the 2003 live-action adaptation of ''Film/PeterPan''. Viewers of a different persuasion may also remember her as "the naked woman from all those Creator/FrancoisOzon movies."
** For French audiences, Pierre Lottin (adult Bruno) is very well known as Wilfried in the CashCowFranchise ''Les Tuche'' comedies.

** Fans of ''Lupin'' who gravitate towards the comedy genre also tend to enjoy ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', due in part to the obvious similarities between the dynamic that Guédira shares with Assane and that between Jake Peralta and Doug Judy in ''[=B99=]''. Belkacem being a borderline {{Expy}} of Rosa Diaz also helps.

** Ludivine Sagnier is best known for being French cinema's resident [[MsFanservice frequently-nude]] GenkiGirl. As Claire, she embodies a GirlNextDoor turned single mother. Sagnier has said that part of the reason she wanted to be in the series was because she would [[SoMyKidsCanWatch be able to watch it with her children]].

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Series/MoneyHeist'', although there is a mild FandomRivalry between the two over which is the better Netflix-distributed internationally successful European crime caper show. Amusingly, the ''Money Heist'' spinoff series ''Berlin'' was met with a mixed reception from ''Money Heist'' fans...largely due to its being seen as a somewhat inferior version of ''Lupin'' rather than recapturing the tone of its predecessor.

** Ludivine Sagnier is best known for being French cinema's resident [[MsFanservice frequently-naked]] GenkiGirl. As Claire, she embodies a GirlNextDoor turned mature single mother. Sagnier has said that part of the reason she wanted to be in the series was because she would [[SoMyKidsCanWatch be able to watch it with her children]].

** Ludivine Sagnier played Tinkerbell in the 2003 live-action adaptation of ''Film/PeterPan''.

* FandomRivalry: A mild one with fans of ''Series/MoneyHeist'' over which is the better Netflix-distributed internationally successful European crime caper show.
* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Franchise/LupinIII'', since they share the same inspiration. It helps that the Netflix series [[ShoutOut shouts out]] the anime, as Benjamin owns a yellow Fiat 500 like the one used by the ''Lupin III'' characters.

* SleeperHit: The show became an unexpected worldwide smash in January 2021, and has turned into Netflix's third-most-popular non-English language series, after ''Series/SquidGame'' and the ''Series/MoneyHeist'' franchise. It's by far the most successful French-produced show on the streamer (with views for its third season exceeding the viewership of every other Netflix France series released in 2023 ''combined''), and is likely the most successful French series of all time.[[note]]This metric excludes the likes of ''Series/EmilyInParis'', i.e. American shows that are set in France.[[/note]]

* UnspecifiedRoleCredit: For the English dub, the voice actors for Assane, Claire, Juliette and Dumont are credited for their characters, while all the other voice actors appear in a list of names. Somewhat subverted in that one would think that the likes of Benjamin, Guédira and Hubert would also count as "main characters."

** Inverted for the present-day version of Keller. He's meant to be substantially older than Assane, but his actor, Steve Tientcheu, was born in 1982, while Omar Sy was born in 1978. (This also means that Tientcheu is a year younger than Assane, whose InUniverse birth occurred in May 1981.) It's fair to say, however, that his stature and his deep bass voice make him seem older than he is.

** Ludivine Sagnier is best known for being French cinema's resident [[MsFanservice often-naked]] ManicPixieDreamGirl. As Claire, she embodies a modest GirlNextDoor turned single mother. Sagnier has said that part of the reason she wanted to be in the series was because she would [[SoMyKidsCanWatch be able to watch it with her children]].

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Mamadou Haidara and Ludmilla Makowski, who play the '90s versions of Assane and Claire, have attracted a great deal of praise, both due to their physical resemblance to their older counterparts and the extent to which they capture their personalities, and even their facial expressions.

* SleeperHit: Several cast members have remarked that while they'd naturally assumed that the show would perform well in the Francophone world, they had no expectation whatsoever that it would become the global success that it did.

** Inverted for the present-day version of Keller. He's meant to be substantially older than Assane, but his actor, Steve Tientcheu, was born in 1982, while Omar Sy was born in 1978. (Tientcheu is also is a year younger than the canonical Assane, whose birth occurred in May 1981.) It's fair to say, however, that his stature and his deep bass voice make him seem older than he is.

* SeriesContinuityError: In the 1995 flashbacks, when Assane first meets Juliette, he mentions that his fourteenth birthday is around the corner, and it seems that the Arsène Lupin book gifted to him by Babakar was intended as a birthday present. The police file on the case indicates that all of this was going on in October of that year, but Assane's gravestone in Part 3 establishes that his birthday is on May 13th.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Omar Sy was originally meant to [[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-06-29/how-netflix-s-lupin-and-omar-sy-pulled-off-the-perfect-heist-show play the real Arsene Lupin]] but was made into an original character.

** Marcela Said, who directed episodes 4 and 5, is Chilean.

* ActorInspiredElement: How the entire series came into fruition. Omar Sy was approached by Netflix and Gaumont to build a series based around him. When asked what character he wanted to play, he chose Literature/ArseneLupin, because he viewed the GentlemanThief as a "French Franchise/JamesBond".
** According to series creator George Kay, Sy is actively involved in coming up with plot points and storylines. Notably, it was his idea to have Assane impersonate Raoul's basketball coach in order to get closer to his family without them knowing it.
* ActorSharedBackground: Zigzagged. Assane Diop is French of Senegalese extraction, and so is Creator/OmarSy. However, Sy was born in France, while Assane actually did spend his early years in Senegal. Also, Sy descends from the Fulani ethnic group (and grew up speaking the Fula language at home), while Assane's surname "Diop" suggests that his origins lie in the Wolof people.

** Léa Bonneau (young Juliette) and Ludmilla Makowski (young Claire) are in their twenties, but play teenagers.
** Omar Sy, Creator/LudivineSagnier, Antoine Gouy and Clotilde Hesme, all of whom were around 40 at the time of filming, play Assane, Claire, Benjamin and Juliette in both the present timeline and 2006, when the characters are supposed to be in their mid to late twenties. Digital de-aging was employed.

* CelebrityResemblance: A non-insignificant number of Anglophone viewers initially believed that Hubert Pellegrini was played by Creator/KevinSpacey, due to the physical similarities between Spacey and Hubert's actor Hervé Pierre.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In an odd reversal of TheForeignSubtitle, the series was released in its native France with the subtitle "dans l'ombre d'Arsène" ("in the shadow of Arsène"), which also turns up on the title cards in Part 1. This was quietly dropped for Part 2, possibly due to the show gaining an unexpectedly large international fanbase using just the name ''Lupin''.

** According to series creator George Kay, Sy is actively involved in coming up with plot points and storylines. Notably, it was his idea to have Assane impersonate Raoul's basketball coach in order to get closer to him and Claire without them knowing it.

* ActorInspiredElement: How the entire series came into fruition. Sy was approached by Netflix and Gaumont to build a series based around him. When asked what character he wanted to play, he chose Literature/ArseneLupin, because he viewed the GentlemanThief as a "French Franchise/JamesBond".

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The '90s versions of Assane, Claire, Juliette, Benjamin, and Dumont are played by younger actors (respectively, Mamadou Haidara, Ludmilla Makowski, Léa Bonneau, Adrian Valli de Villebonne and Johann Dionnet). All five are dead-ringers for their older counterparts.

* FakeNationality: Ivory Coast-born actor Fargass Assandé plays the Senegalese Babakar Diop.

** For French audiences, Pierre Lottin (adult Bruno) is very well known as a Wilfried in the CashCowFranchise ''Les Tuche'' comedies.

* AwesomeDearBoy: The series' whole concept was decided by Omar Sy himself. He was approached by Creator/{{Netflix}} and the French production company Gaumont to build a series based around him. When asked what character he wanted to play, he chose Literature/ArseneLupin, because he viewed the GentlemanThief as a "French Franchise/JamesBond".

* YouMightRememberMeFrom: Ludivine Sagnier played Tinkerbell in the 2003 live-action adaptation of ''Film/PeterPan''.

* PublicityStunt: At least one for each season thus far.
** As part of the marketing for Part 1, Omar Sy was filmed putting posters for the show onto the walls of the Paris Metro. Despite being one of the most famous celebrities in the country, he went largely unrecognized. This was used to jokingly prove that Assane ''could'' in fact go un-noticed in a crowd. (Worth noting, however, is that since this was during the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sy was wearing a face mask which covered up most of his distinctive features.)
** Since the release date of Part 2 coincided with the UEFA European Football Championships, Netflix organized a gag in which the players' posts would feature Assane in the background.
** For Part 3, the show used advertisements for famous French luxury brands, with the actual expensive items digitally removed (making it look like Assane had stolen them).

* VoicedDifferentlyInTheDub: The English-language voice actor for Assane does away with a lot of Omar Sy's exuberance and LargeHam tendencies, so his version of the character instead comes across as more of TheStoic.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: "Main Characters Only" variation. For the English dub, the voice actors for Assane, Claire, Juliette and Dumont are credited for their characters, while all the other voice actors appear in a list of names. Somewhat subverted in that one would think that the likes of Benjamin, Guédira and Hubert would also count as "main characters."

** Both inverted and played straight for Hubert Pellegrini, whose witness testimony papers reveal that he was born in the 1940s and is thus in his 70s during the series' present-day, and was about 50 in 1995. Hervé Pierre, is 66.

* GeniusBonus: At the end of Chapter 10, shortly before Assane's buzzer goes off in their apartment, Claire is helping Raoul study history for school. The man she quizzes him about, Alexandre "Marius" Jacob, was a RealLife GentlemanThief from Marseille who was one of Maurice Leblanc's primary inspirations in creating the Arsène Lupin character.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In its native France, the series was released with the subtitle "dans l'ombre d'Arsène" ("in the shadow of Arsène"), which also turns up on the title cards in Part 1. This was quietly dropped for Part 2, possibly due to the show gaining an unexpectedly large international fanbase.