History Trivia / AshVsEvilDead

* AwesomeDearBoy: Dana Delorenzo said in an interview that one of the reasons she secured the part of Kelly was that when she was asked if she'd be willing to [[spoiler: wear prosthetics and play "possessed Kelly, she immediately said yes and danced around the room in her excitement. She said she'd been wanting to play a possessed character for a long time because she was a fan of Creator/LindaBlair's Regan.]]

* DawsonCasting: The Kelly character seems to be intended to be a character in her early to mid 20s, though the show never specifies. Dana DeLorenzo was in her mid-30s when the series began, but in fairness, she does appear to still be in her early 20s.

* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The series was originally meant to be the fourth movie, but due to so much material being written, the makers decided to turn it into a television series instead. If the first season was a movie, it would've been around five hours long.

* ProductionPosse: Creator/BruceCampbell, Rob Tapert, and Creator/SamRaimi are together again. Joe [=LoDuca=] is back doing the music. There's Creator/LucyLawless, of course, too. Since the show films down in New Zealand, a couple episodes were directed by [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Michael Hurst]]. The inevitable Ted Raimi finally shows up in season two as Chet, [[RealitySubtext Ash's childhood buddy]] He also reprises the role of [[spoiler: possessed Henrietta Knowby.]] Creator/JoelTobeck (previously on ''HTLJ'', ''Series/YoungHercules'', ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/Cleopatra2525'') is the Season 2 BigBad. Also [[spoiler: Ellen Sandweiss returns for several guest starring appearances as an older deadite version of Ash's sister, Cheryl.]]

* AwesomeDearBoy: Dana Delorenzo said in an interview that one of the reasons she secured the part of Kelly was her absolute excitement [[spoiler: Over being able to wear prosthetics and play "possessed Kelly." She said she'd been wanting to do so because she was a fan of Creator/LindaBlair's Regan.]]

* ProductionPosse: Creator/BruceCampbell, Rob Tapert, and Creator/SamRaimi are together again. Joe [=LoDuca=] is back doing the music. There's Creator/LucyLawless, of course, too. Since the show films down in New Zealand, a couple episodes were directed by [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Michael Hurst]]. The inevitable Ted Raimi finally shows up in season two as Chet, [[RealitySubtext Ash's childhood buddy]]. Creator/JoelTobeck (previously on ''HTLJ'', ''Series/YoungHercules'', ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'' and ''Series/Cleopatra2525'') is the Season 2 BigBad.

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/DanaDelorenzo said in an interview that one of the reasons she secured the part of Kelly was her absolute excitement [[spoiler: Over being able to wear prosthetics and play "possessed Kelly." She said she'd been wanting to do so because she was a fan of Creator/LindaBlair's Regan.]]

* AwesomeDearBoy: Creator/DanaDeLorenzo said in an interview that one of the reasons she secured the part of Kelly was her absolute excitement [[spoiler: Over being able to wear prosthetics and play "possessed Kelly." She said she'd been wanting to do so because she was a fan of Creator/LindaBlair's Regan.]]

* RefittedForSequel: The series ends with [[spoiler: Ash waking up in a post-apocalyptic, which was originally going to be how ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' was going to end]].

* ProductionPosse: Creator/BruceCampbell, Rob Tapert, and Creator/SamRaimi are together again. Joe [=LoDuca=] is back doing the music. There's Creator/LucyLawless, of course, too. Since the show films down in New Zealand, a couple episodes were directed by [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Michael Hurst]]. The inevitable Ted Raimi finally shows up in season two as Chet, [[RealitySubtext Ash's childhood buddy]]. Creator/JoelTobeck (previously on ''HTLJ'', ''Series/YoungHercules'', and ''Series/Cleopatra2525'') is the Season 2 BigBad.

* RoleReprise: Ted Raimi returns as Possessed Henrietta twenty-nine years after he first donned the fat-suit. Ellen Sandweiss also reprises her role as Ash's sister, Cheryl.

* ProductionPosse: Creator/BruceCampbell, Rob Tapert, and Creator/SamRaimi are together again. Joe [=LoDuca=] is back doing the music. There's Creator/LucyLawless, of course, too. Since the show films down in New Zealand, a couple episodes were directed by [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Michael Hurst]]. The inevitable Ted Raimi finally shows up in season two as Chet, [[RealitySubtext Ash's childhood buddy]]. Joel Tobeck (previously on ''HTLJ'', ''Series/YoungHercules'', and ''Series/Cleopatra2525'') is the Season 2 BigBad.

* RoleReprisal: Ted Raimi returns as Possessed Henrietta twenty-nine years after he first donned the fat-suit. Ellen Sandweiss also reprises her role as Ash's sister, Cheryl.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to ExecutiveMeddling and CreativeDifferences, showrunner Craig [=DiGregorio=] stepped down late in production of season two, and the finale was radically altered. Among other things, [[http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262 the events were meant to lead into the beginning of the first Evil Dead movie, and Ash was to end up having sex with a woman who would turn out to be Kelly's mother, accidentally changing the past to make him Kelly's father, with that new dynamic affecting their character arcs in the third season.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/SidHaig was considered for the role of El Brujo.
** Due to ExecutiveMeddling and CreativeDifferences, showrunner Craig [=DiGregorio=] stepped down late in production of season two, and the finale was radically altered. Among other things, [[http://www.avclub.com/article/craig-digregorio-leaving-ash-vs-evil-dead-and-orig-247262 the events were meant to lead into the beginning of the first Evil Dead movie, and Ash was to end up having sex with a woman who would turn out to be Kelly's mother, accidentally changing the past to make him Kelly's father, with that new dynamic affecting their character arcs in the third season.]]