Trivia / Emerald City

• Actor Allusion: Frank Morgan is shown with a book about Orson Welles, who Vincent D'Onofrio physically played (with the voice dubbed by Maurice LaMarche) in Ed Wood.
• California Doubling: Much of the architecture of the eponymous Emerald City is lifted directly from Barcelona. Anyone casually familiar with the city will notice Gaudi's work, most notably scenes taking place inside Park Güell.
• Casting Gag: Fiona Shaw getting cast as Mombi, Tip's Wicked Stepmother, isn't too far of a cry from Aunt Petunia from the Harry Potter franchise. For those who've read the original books, both characters also really wanted to be witches. She also played the wicked aunt in Jane Eyre (1996).
• Friday Night Death Slot: Poor Emerald City. It didn't help that it went through Development Hell and was cancelled in production before it came back, but it was saddled with the infamous slot, causing its rating to be crappy. The result? Cancellation after ten episodes. The ever-growing fanbase are calling for the show to be moved to Netflix or another streaming service, and some are even calling for a second season to be made as the show was cancelled on a cliffhanger. Even Ana Ularu, one of the actors of the show, would be happy for a second season. Sadly, we may never know of the show's fate, but it might as well be dead for good.
• Fake American: Brits Gina Bellman as Karen Chapman and Gina McKee as Jane, which can be fairly obvious.
• Fake Brit:
  • Germans Florence Kasumba and Mido Hamada as Mistress East and Eamonn respectively.
  • Romanian Ana Ularu as Mistress West.
• Troubled Production: Originally, it was announced in 2014, but was cancelled in 2015 before it began filming. THEN in 2016, it was Un-Cancelled and began development again.

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