Trivia / Dynasty (2017)

• Acting for Two: In addition to playing Fallon, Elizabeth Gillies also played Alexis for three episodes of season two due to Nicollette Sheridan departing due to a family emergency and as a result, Gillies temporarily replaced her by donning prosthetic makeup with the explanation that she underwent plastic surgery after suffering facial injuries as a result of Adam pushing her face into her lit fireplace in "Motherly Overprotectiveness".
• Actor-Shared Background: Michael Michele is biracial, much like her character Dominique.
• The Cast Showoff: Did you really think Elizabeth Gillies wasn't going to get a chance to show off her pipes? She does some singing in "Rotten Things", when Thomas Carrington insists on the tradition of Steven and Fallon performing carols, and again when they're practicing a ballad for Thomas' funeral, as per a request in his will, then again in the Season Two premiere. The Christmas episode also gives Nathalie Kelley a chance to show off some pretty nifty footwork.
  • Seasons three and four give Fallon more time to show off from a musical episode to going to a karaoke bar.
• Fake American:
  • Nathalie Kelley, who plays Cristal, is Peruvian^note and like Cristal herself has a Venezuelan father-Australian.
  • James Mackay, who plays Steven, is Australian.
  • Rafael de la Fuente, who plays Sam, is Venezuelan.
  • Sam Adegoke, who plays Jeff, is Nigerian.
  • Subverted with Alexis' original actress Nicollette Sheridan, since though she was born in Britain, she moved to the States when she was ten.
• Late Export for You: Unlike season 1 & 2, Netflix no longer release new episodes weekly for international audience from season 3 onwards until the whole season finished airing. This is due to CW-Netflix deal expired, which also effected Black Lightning. Oddly this never happened to Riverdale.
• Separated-at-Birth Casting: Elizabeth Gillies (Fallon Carrington) and Elaine Hendrix (Alexis Carrington) could easily pass off as mother-daughter in real life due to their resemblance.
• Schedule Slip:
  • Due to a combination of the COVID-19 Pandemic truncating production of season three and season four being moved to The CW's summer schedule, almost a full year passed between the finale of the former and the premiere of the latter.
  • A less dramatic example in season five, where beginning in July of 2022, the series had a handful of two week gaps between episodes. This may have been due to production or writing delays caused by the sudden cancellation or another factor - the series didn't wrap filming until August 3rd of that year.
• The Other Darrin:
  • After Nicollette Sheridan had to leave the show for personal reasons, Elizabeth Gillies (under heavy makeup) temporarily played Alexis (justified in-universe by her having plastic surgery), before Elaine Hendrix was ultimately cast.
  • Cristal Jennings is played by Daniella Alonso after season 2 when Ana Brenda Contreras could not return.
• Those Two Actors:
  • Rob Riley and Elizabeth Gillies had both appeared together in the episode "Stage Fighting" in Victorious back in 2010.
  • Elaine Hendrix and Elizabeth Gillies both also starred together in Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, with Hendrix's character taking on a (much, much less antagonistic) maternal role to Gillies'.
  • In season five, when Elizabeth got to direct an episode, said episode featured Matt Bennett, who co-starred with her in Victorious, in a small role where his character was auctioned off for a night as part of a fundraiser. As Fallon was emceeing the auction, the two shared screen time together.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Rafael de la Fuente is gay like his character Sam.

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