The series
- Dawson Casting: Aria Mia Loberti and Louis Hofmann were in their twenties playing the teenage Marie-Laure and Werner.
- Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: The blind Marie-Laure is played by the blind Aria Mia Loberti, who won the role after a wide search for blind or low-vision actresses.
- Fake Nationality: Englishman Hugh Laurie and Americans Mark Ruffalo and Aria Mia Loberti play a French family.
