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1	* AbilityOverAppearance: The casters had intended for Michael Stone to be an older white [[Creator/GeorgeClooney Clooney-esque]] character, like the rest of the main cast, but Adrian Lester's performance impressed them.
2	* DarkhorseCasting: Adrian Lester had plenty of film and stage credits, but he was an unknown face in television, having had less than two hours' broadcast screen time prior to the first season.
3	* DawsonCasting: Mickey is meant to be the seasoned professional, while Danny is the young rookie. In reality, Marc Warren is a year ''older'' than Adrian Lester.
4	* DuellingWorks: With [=US=] show ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', the TransAtlanticEquivalent. The UK never really aired the original run of ''Leverage'' on anything but premium subscriptions like [=Sky=], leading it to an UnknownRival situation, and thus, no FandomRivalry ever really took place. It would take until Creator/PrimeVideo and [=Freevee=] for Brits to finally get a chance to compare the two. That said, they are structurally similar in terms of writing and themes (''Leverage'' is more a comedy, ''Hustle'' is more a Dramedy), while both crews also have near-identical motivations - getting back at the rich and powerful by conning them because of their misdeeds, often in an ironic way, and very occasionally because they wronged someone close to the crew.
5	* DirectedByCastMember: Adrian Lester directed "[[Recap/HustleS8E2PicassoFingerPainting Picasso Finger Painting]]", a final series episode (which resulted in Mickey spending much of the episode [[DramaticIrony locked in a car boot]]).
6	* FakeAmerican: One episode had what may be a triple subversion: [[spoiler: they think [=JW3=] is American. He's played by American actor Creator/RichardChamberlain. Then it turns out the character is British, and was a FakeAmerican all along. Then it turns out that he really is American, and was a FakeBrit for a bit.]]
7	* FakeBrit: Parodied - one episode has Albert convinced he can do accents, much to the others' horror.
8	* NoExportForYou: North America hasn't seen a DVD release of the series since Season 4.
9	* StarMakingRole: For Louise Mardenborough in season 7, with her faux-American accent (claiming to be from Minnesota).
10	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
11	** Creator/CliveOwen turned down the role of Mickey.
12	** Season 6 looked to change up the formula a bit by introducing Creator/IndiraVarma as Mickey's EvilCounterpart (or GoodCounterpart, depending on how you looked at it) Lucy Britford - a classy, intelligent DCI and master planner determined to bring Mickey down. Unfortunately, Varma's real-life pregnancy forced this to be curtailed, with her only appearing in a pre-recorded message in episode 6 and her role being taken by a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute played by Creator/AnnaMadeley.

Context Trivia / Hustle