Trivia / Sleeper Cell

• Fake Nationality: The Saudi Muslim Farik is played by the Jewish Israeli Oded Fehr. The Bosnian Illija is played by the half-French, half-Italian American Henri Lubatti. The Frenchman Christian is played by the Franco-American Alex Nesic (he holds dual US and French citizenship). The Iraqi British Salim is played by the Iranian-American Omid Abtahi. It's lampshaded by Farik, who says he's passed for an Iranian, Sephardic Jew and also other ethnic backgrounds in the past.
• Romance on the Set: Alex Nesic (Christian) and Melissa Sagemiller (Gayle) started dating during the first season. Later they married and have two children.
• What Could Have Been: The show was first called The Cell during production.