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* In ''Series/TrueBlood'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQn1oh7u7-I Anna Camp came up with the idea]] of [[MakesSenseInContext kissing the severed head]] during rehearsals, which the directors liked and added.
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* In ''Series/TrueBlood'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQn1oh7u7-I Anna Camp came up with the idea]] of [[MakesSenseInContext kissing kissing]] [[AlasPoorYorick the severed head]] during rehearsals, which the directors liked and added.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, Pinch[[note]]With William Shatner contributing, being the first on-screen victim of it.[[/note]], the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation.
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* Hiro's time-stopping powers on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' are extremely special-effects intensive. Luckily, actor Creator/MasiOka worked at ILM before breaking into acting, and so he knew a thing or two about how special effects crews worked and would often suggest that shots be filmed a certain way to ease the burden on the VFX team.
* The ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' Fan Built Episode was originally conceived when Creator/MasiOka suggested that they should do an episode with multiple endings; having fans vote on the various elements leading up to the end was just a step away.
* The ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' Fan Built Episode was originally conceived when Creator/MasiOka suggested that they should do an episode with multiple endings; having fans vote on the various elements leading up to the end was just a step away.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation.
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* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation. salutation.
** Riker's [[GrowingTheBeard trope-naming]] BadassBeard in season two of ''The Next Generation'' was actually grown for a different role, and the actor forgot to shave it off before showing up for rehearsals on the new season of TNG. Both the director and, eventually, the fans loved the look and it became an icon of the character.
** Riker's [[GrowingTheBeard trope-naming]] BadassBeard in season two of ''The Next Generation'' was actually grown for a different role, and the actor forgot to shave it off before showing up for rehearsals on the new season of TNG. Both the director and, eventually, the fans loved the look and it became an icon of the character.
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* [[BigBad Ratigan]] from ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective]] was originally designed to be thin and frail, but the animators were so impressed by Creator/VincentPrice's [[LargeHam hammy performance]], that they changed Ratigan's design to match it.
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* [[BigBad Ratigan]] from ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective]] ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was originally designed to be thin and frail, but the animators were so impressed by Creator/VincentPrice's [[LargeHam hammy performance]], that they changed Ratigan's design to match it.
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* In the original drafts for ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Elsa was supposed to be a straight-up villain, and "Let It Go" would have been her VillainSong. But Idina Menzel brought such yearning vulnerability to the song that the producers made her a fundamentally good but misunderstood character instead.
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** For a very mild example, the fact that Tom Baker's favourite jelly babies were the orange ones was eventually written into the character in "The Invasion of Time".
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* The TV version of ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'' featured a greatly increased focus on Oscar's gambling, especially at the track, and Felix's love of opera because those were particular interests of their respective actors. Also, Oscar's wardrobe on the show was, in many cases, Klugman's own.
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** Also JD's lack of knowledge about sports was added in due to Braff himself not knowing much about them in real life.
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* A variation in ''{{Series/Charmed}}''. In the fifth season, Paige abruptly was seen with a different guy every week. Her actress RoseMcGowan went to producers and said "Paige isn't a ho" - resulting in more long term romance plots for her.
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** The Janitor as any character at all, much less the character he became, was inspired by Neil Flynn going OffTheRails.
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* The title character's memorable EstablishingCharacterMoment in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', in which he [[ObfuscatingDisability feigns a limp and leans on a cane before executing a perfect somersault]], was Creator/GeneWilder's idea.
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* Creator/SethGreen was the only one of the auditionees for Chris in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' who didn't use a "surfer dude voice", and Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} thought it was perfect.
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* Creator/SethGreen was the only one of the auditionees for Chris in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' who didn't use a "surfer dude "SurferDude voice", and Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} Creator/SethMacFarlane thought it was perfect.
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* In the film of ''{{Carrie}}'' the red baseball cap Norma wears was brought in by PJ Soles. She was initially only cast for two weeks but Brian De Palma liked her ThrowItIn of hitting Sissy Spacek with the caps during one scene, that her role was greatly expanded.
* Mandy Moore cut her hair short for the film ''How To Deal'' because she felt it fit her character. Producers were not happy but they decided on a compromise - Moore would wear hair extensions for the first part of the film and then the character would get an ImportantHaircut.
* Hannah Spearritt found some red hair dye just before she was to go to Barcelona to film the SClub7 movie. She coloured the ends of her hair and the director liked it, so he had her keep it in for the film.
* Mandy Moore cut her hair short for the film ''How To Deal'' because she felt it fit her character. Producers were not happy but they decided on a compromise - Moore would wear hair extensions for the first part of the film and then the character would get an ImportantHaircut.
* Hannah Spearritt found some red hair dye just before she was to go to Barcelona to film the SClub7 movie. She coloured the ends of her hair and the director liked it, so he had her keep it in for the film.
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* Anne Robinson claimed that as the host of ''TheWeakestLink'', she was originally supposed to be sympathetic to the contestants being eliminated. However after seeing how nasty the contestants could be to each other, she created the Uber Bitch persona fans are more familiar with.
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** In the same series, several of Luna's accessories, most notably her radish earrings, were actually made by her actress Creator/EvannaLynch of her own prerogative, and the directors liked them so much they let her include them.
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* In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, Lucius Malfoy's snake walking stick ([[SwordCane with his wand in it]] was a suggestion by Jason Isaacs.
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* In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, Lucius Malfoy's snake walking stick ([[SwordCane with his wand in it]] was a suggestion by Jason Isaacs.
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* Eddie Riggs in ''[[Videogame/BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]'' was at first designed as a general roadie with a hint of DeadpanSnarker, and he even took after [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] for a while. As the character was developed, elements of [[Music/TenaciousD Jack Black]] were thought of, but the designers couldn't have guessed that Jack Black himself would approach them to work on the project (he was a fan of Creator/DoubleFine's previous work, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}})''. Eventually, Eddie ''became'' Jack.
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* Eddie Riggs in ''[[Videogame/BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]'' was at first designed as a general roadie with a hint of DeadpanSnarker, and he even took after [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] for a while. As the character was developed, Lemmy himself was given a voice-role, and the designers didn't want to tie him so closely to such an iconic figure. Eventually, elements of [[Music/TenaciousD Jack Black]] Creator/JackBlack were thought of, but the designers couldn't have guessed that Jack Black himself would approach them to work on the project (he was a fan of Creator/DoubleFine's previous work, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}})''. Eventually, Eddie ''became'' Jack.
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* In ''Series/TrueBlood'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQn1oh7u7-I Anna Camp came up with the idea]] of [[MakesSenseInContext kissing the severed head]] during rehearsals, which the directors liked and added.
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** It was Ester Dean's idea to have Alexis Knapp join her in a duet of S&M.
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* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': It was ChristinaRicci's idea to have Wednesday Addams fold her arms on her chest like a corpse being laid out for a funeral when Wednesday was being tucked into bed. [[CreepyChild Ricci was about 10 at the time]].
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* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': It was ChristinaRicci's Creator/ChristinaRicci's idea to have Wednesday Addams fold her arms on her chest like a corpse being laid out for a funeral when Wednesday was being tucked into bed. [[CreepyChild Ricci was about 10 at the time]].
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* In ''Rocket Science'' Ginny's comment "I upped your game, little man" was inserted into the script by Blitz from a journal which he asked Creator/AnnaKendrick to write in character.
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* ''Series/BarneyMiller'': After writers saw Jack Soo eat take-out Chineese food using a pair of pencils as chopsticks, they had his character, Nick Yemana, do the same thing. The bit where Yemana accidentally ate the eraser off the end of a pencil was the writers' invention.
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WrittenByCastMember, and MetaCasting.
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May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself. See also: DirectedByCastMember, WrittenByCastMember.
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May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself. See also: DirectedByCastMember, WrittenByCastMember.
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* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 1 DVD commentary mentions that Zach Braff (JD's actor) was the one who suggested the theme tune be [[RealsongThemeTune Superman by Lazlo Bane]].
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* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 1 DVD commentary mentions that Zach Braff (JD's actor) was the one who suggested the theme tune be [[RealsongThemeTune Superman by Lazlo Bane]].
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May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself. See also: DirectedByCastMember.
DirectedByCastMember, WrittenByCastMember.
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May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself. \n See also: DirectedByCastMember.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Where does Creator/JosephGordonLevitt go, then?]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Where does Creator/JosephGordonLevitt go, then?]]
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Some element of a work, be it certain dialogue or the classic clothing of a character, wasn't chosen by the creators or the responsible department of the crew, but by the actor. Maybe they walked into set one day wearing leather pants and the director thought the look "just worked" for their character when the possibility had never been discussed before. Maybe they suggested that adding some lines to conversation would be beneficial to their CharacterDevelopment.
Something an actor does with the character which the producer likes either before or after they get the role would also count. These may be examples of CastTheExpert. This excludes [[{{Improv}} improvisations]] that were included in the final cut, as some precognition and crew approval is polite when you're about to overthrow their production.
This is something from RealLife often portrayed behind the scenes of the ShowWithinAShow InUniverse.
May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself.
When an element of a work is inspired by fans or {{WMG}}, it's AscendedFanon.
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* After getting the role of Mr Magorium in ''Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium'' Creator/DustinHoffman gave the character a speech impediment, because why not, he's already good-crazy.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' - Jack Sparrow's way of talking and behaving was basically Creator/JohnnyDepp adding to a character that was far more low-brow in concept.
* During the open casting call for ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', creator Creator/MNightShyamalan received a video of Noah Ringer doing performance martial arts. He never originally thought about casting Ringer (saying that he thought "wow, that's cool", but didn't originally intend to have so much of it in, or not [[MundaneMadeAwesome quite so awesome]]), but then called him in for some acting auditions and screen tests to see if he could double anyway, and was apparently so impressed by the boy, who does look a lot like Aang as well, that he was hired.
* In ''Film/BladeRunner'' the 'Tears In The Rain' monologue was written by the actor, Creator/RutgerHauer, when he didn't like the original lines. Notably, the modifications included the "like tears in the rain" addition at the end.
* In ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', R. Lee Ermey turned Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from a stern but understanding officer (read:unmemorable character) into the trash-talking debasing DrillSergeantNasty that has now become iconic.
* Apparently Creator/RobertDowneyJr kept hiding/eating snacks on the set during certain scenes of ''Film/TheAvengers'', so eventually it was incorporated into the film; "Blueberry?"
* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', the famous violet Lightsaber used by Mace Windu was the suggestion of his actor, Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* ''Film/PitchPerfect'': Beca's singing "When I'm Gone" as her audition piece was because Creator/AnnaKendrick already knew that song, having seen it on a Viral video and spent an afternoon learning it.
* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': It was ChristinaRicci's idea to have Wednesday Addams fold her arms on her chest like a corpse being laid out for a funeral when Wednesday was being tucked into bed. [[CreepyChild Ricci was about 10 at the time]].
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': Sarah Clarke auditioned for and was cast as Nina just one day before filming began and the wardrobe department didn't have time to give her a fitting, so she ended up wearing what she wore to the audition as her costume. Due to the premise of the show occuring over the course of one day in real time, she wore her own outfit for the rest of the season. [[TropesAreNotNarrow Differs from]] ThrowItIn in that it was at Clarke's suggestion.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation.
* Most, if not all, actors taking the lead role on ''Series/DoctorWho'' have had at least some input into their costume design and TheNthDoctor's idiosyncrasies.
* Several ''Series/{{CSI}}'' characters were renamed by the actors. William Petersen chose Grissom's last name because he was a space program fan (there was an astronaut Grissom.) Gary Sinise named Mac Taylor, who was to be called Rick Castelluci, after his son, [=McCanna=] "Mac", and his ''Film/ForrestGump'' character, Lt. Dan Taylor. It was also Gary's idea for Mac to have lost his wife on 9/11.
* Branson of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' was going to be from Yorkshire but actor Allen Leech tried in both that and his native Irish accent. Lord Fellowes decided he liked this and it became the character's entire identity, the change in nationality basically writing its own subplots for the last four series.
* In ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', the reason Samantha wiggled her nose to cast spells is because actress Elizabeth Montgomery had the very rare ability to wiggle her nose.
* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 1 DVD commentary mentions that Zach Braff (JD's actor) was the one who suggested the theme tune be [[RealsongThemeTune Superman by Lazlo Bane]].
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* Eddie Riggs in ''[[Videogame/BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]'' was at first designed as a general roadie with a hint of DeadpanSnarker, and he even took after [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] for a while. As the character was developed, elements of [[Music/TenaciousD Jack Black]] were thought of, but the designers couldn't have guessed that Jack Black himself would approach them to work on the project (he was a fan of Creator/DoubleFine's previous work, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}})''. Eventually, Eddie ''became'' Jack.
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* Creator/SethGreen was the only one of the auditionees for Chris in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' who didn't use a "surfer dude voice", and Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} thought it was perfect.
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Something an actor does with the character which the producer likes either before or after they get the role would also count. These may be examples of CastTheExpert. This excludes [[{{Improv}} improvisations]] that were included in the final cut, as some precognition and crew approval is polite when you're about to overthrow their production.
This is something from RealLife often portrayed behind the scenes of the ShowWithinAShow InUniverse.
May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themself.
When an element of a work is inspired by fans or {{WMG}}, it's AscendedFanon.
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* After getting the role of Mr Magorium in ''Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium'' Creator/DustinHoffman gave the character a speech impediment, because why not, he's already good-crazy.
* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' - Jack Sparrow's way of talking and behaving was basically Creator/JohnnyDepp adding to a character that was far more low-brow in concept.
* During the open casting call for ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', creator Creator/MNightShyamalan received a video of Noah Ringer doing performance martial arts. He never originally thought about casting Ringer (saying that he thought "wow, that's cool", but didn't originally intend to have so much of it in, or not [[MundaneMadeAwesome quite so awesome]]), but then called him in for some acting auditions and screen tests to see if he could double anyway, and was apparently so impressed by the boy, who does look a lot like Aang as well, that he was hired.
* In ''Film/BladeRunner'' the 'Tears In The Rain' monologue was written by the actor, Creator/RutgerHauer, when he didn't like the original lines. Notably, the modifications included the "like tears in the rain" addition at the end.
* In ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', R. Lee Ermey turned Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from a stern but understanding officer (read:unmemorable character) into the trash-talking debasing DrillSergeantNasty that has now become iconic.
* Apparently Creator/RobertDowneyJr kept hiding/eating snacks on the set during certain scenes of ''Film/TheAvengers'', so eventually it was incorporated into the film; "Blueberry?"
* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', the famous violet Lightsaber used by Mace Windu was the suggestion of his actor, Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* ''Film/PitchPerfect'': Beca's singing "When I'm Gone" as her audition piece was because Creator/AnnaKendrick already knew that song, having seen it on a Viral video and spent an afternoon learning it.
* ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': It was ChristinaRicci's idea to have Wednesday Addams fold her arms on her chest like a corpse being laid out for a funeral when Wednesday was being tucked into bed. [[CreepyChild Ricci was about 10 at the time]].
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* ''Series/TwentyFour'': Sarah Clarke auditioned for and was cast as Nina just one day before filming began and the wardrobe department didn't have time to give her a fitting, so she ended up wearing what she wore to the audition as her costume. Due to the premise of the show occuring over the course of one day in real time, she wore her own outfit for the rest of the season. [[TropesAreNotNarrow Differs from]] ThrowItIn in that it was at Clarke's suggestion.
* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" salutation.
* Most, if not all, actors taking the lead role on ''Series/DoctorWho'' have had at least some input into their costume design and TheNthDoctor's idiosyncrasies.
* Several ''Series/{{CSI}}'' characters were renamed by the actors. William Petersen chose Grissom's last name because he was a space program fan (there was an astronaut Grissom.) Gary Sinise named Mac Taylor, who was to be called Rick Castelluci, after his son, [=McCanna=] "Mac", and his ''Film/ForrestGump'' character, Lt. Dan Taylor. It was also Gary's idea for Mac to have lost his wife on 9/11.
* Branson of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' was going to be from Yorkshire but actor Allen Leech tried in both that and his native Irish accent. Lord Fellowes decided he liked this and it became the character's entire identity, the change in nationality basically writing its own subplots for the last four series.
* In ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', the reason Samantha wiggled her nose to cast spells is because actress Elizabeth Montgomery had the very rare ability to wiggle her nose.
* The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 1 DVD commentary mentions that Zach Braff (JD's actor) was the one who suggested the theme tune be [[RealsongThemeTune Superman by Lazlo Bane]].
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* Eddie Riggs in ''[[Videogame/BrutalLegend Brütal Legend]]'' was at first designed as a general roadie with a hint of DeadpanSnarker, and he even took after [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] for a while. As the character was developed, elements of [[Music/TenaciousD Jack Black]] were thought of, but the designers couldn't have guessed that Jack Black himself would approach them to work on the project (he was a fan of Creator/DoubleFine's previous work, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}})''. Eventually, Eddie ''became'' Jack.
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* Creator/SethGreen was the only one of the auditionees for Chris in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' who didn't use a "surfer dude voice", and Creator/{{Seth MacFarlane}} thought it was perfect.
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