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* PromotedFanboy: Creator/TopherGrace [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/black-mirror-topher-grace-ending-his-episode-smithereens-1216318/ was a big fan]] of ''Series/BlackMirror'' prior to getting cast as Billy Bauer.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TopherGrace originally wanted to shave his head for this role, to look like a Buddhist monk and to mimic the iconic look of tech [=CEOs=] Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. His agent, however, suggested that doing so might have UnfortunateImplications right after portraying David Duke for Film/BlacKKKlansman, so instead he went the opposite direction and grew out his hair and beard NewAgeRetroHippie-style, which made him a dead ringer for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TopherGrace originally wanted to shave his head for this role, to look like a Buddhist monk and to mimic the iconic look of tech [=CEOs=] Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. His agent, however, suggested that doing so might have UnfortunateImplications right after portraying David Duke for Film/BlacKKKlansman, ''Film/BlacKkKlansman'', so instead he went the opposite direction and grew out his hair and beard NewAgeRetroHippie-style, which made him a dead ringer for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
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* RealitySubtext: And a bit of BitingTheHandHumor. Smithereen's corporate campus is located in Los Gatos, California. The biggest tech company headquartered there in RealLife is Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TopherGrace originally wanted to shave his head for this role, to look like a Buddhist monk and to mimic the iconic look of tech CEOs Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. His agent, however, suggested that doing so might have UnfortunateImplications right after portraying David Duke for Film/BlacKKKlansman, so instead he went the opposite direction and grew out his hair and beard NewAgeRetroHippie-style, which made him a dead ringer for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TopherGrace originally wanted to shave his head for this role, to look like a Buddhist monk and to mimic the iconic look of tech CEOs [=CEOs=] Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. His agent, however, suggested that doing so might have UnfortunateImplications right after portraying David Duke for Film/BlacKKKlansman, so instead he went the opposite direction and grew out his hair and beard NewAgeRetroHippie-style, which made him a dead ringer for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/TopherGrace originally wanted to shave his head for this role, to look like a Buddhist monk and to mimic the iconic look of tech CEOs Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. His agent, however, suggested that doing so might have UnfortunateImplications right after portraying David Duke for Film/BlacKKKlansman, so instead he went the opposite direction and grew out his hair and beard NewAgeRetroHippie-style, which made him a dead ringer for Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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