Trivia / Angel S 05 E 10 Soul Purpose

• Completely Different Title:
  • Finnish: "Angelin päiväunet" (Angel's Day Sleep)
  • French: "Cauchemars" (Nightmares)
  • German: "Der Parasit" (The Parasite)
  • Hungarian: "Hallucinációk" (Hallucinations)
  • Italian: "Lo Scopo di un'Anima" (The Purpose of a Soul)
  • Portuguese (Brazil): "Objetivo Interior" (Interior Objective)
  • Spanish (Latin America): "El Propósito del Alma" (The Purpose of the Soul)
  • Spanish (Spain): "Propósito de Enmienda" (Amendment Purpose)
• Directed By Castmember: David Boreanaz directed this one.
• Looping Lines: While they were filming, Lindsey refers to himself as Shawn instead of Doyle; Christian Kane re-dubbed his lines during ADR. "If you watch my lips I'm not saying "Doyle"", Kane says, "I’m saying Joey or whatever it was".
• Shoot the Money: There were two main props of the parasite, one crafted out of a spongy material with some slime on it and another that had full animatronics and cost them $85,000. David Boreanaz resorted to filming as little of the costly prop as possible because he felt it was too goofy looking and the cheaper sponge prop actually worked better. He wouldn't have used it at all if it wasn't for the fact it cost $85,000.
• What Could Have Been: It was rumoured that one of the strippers who was entertaining Spike was intended to be Kate Lockley but Elisabeth Röhm was too busy appearing in Law & Order to make a cameo.
• Written-In Infirmity: Angel is confined to bed by a nightmare-demon-parasite thing, then turned into a puppet four episodes later in "Smile Time", as David Boreanaz recovered from knee surgery. Even still, they framed several episodes to have Angel constantly sitting in his chair or otherwise leaning against his desk just to give David a break. Unable to stand or walk much, Boreanaz contributed by directing this episode, his first TV director's credit.

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