History Trivia / TheBridgeUS

** Matthew Lillard is [[Film/{{Scream}} one of the targets of a]] SerialKiller.
** Ted Levine is a police lieutenant mentoring a detective with [[Series/{{Monk}} some psychological issues]].

** German actress Diana Kruger plays American Sonya Cross

** Puerto Rican actor Ramón Franco plays Mexican cartel leader Fausto Galván.

* RealLifeRelative: Cerisola is played by Bruno Bichir, who is Demián Bichir's (Marco Ruíz) younger brother.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/EmilyRios plays Adriana Mendez, a reporter, who's a lesbian like her (and both are also Mexican-American). She gushed about getting to play a woman like herself, even in a minor role, and the directors accepting her input that Adriana's sexuality be just incidental without being the focus of her entire character.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The executives at [=FX=] wanted it to be set at the Ambassador Bridge, mirroring the Øresund Bridge episode in Bron|Broen. However, the writers were able to convince them to make the pilot episode set at the Bridge of the Americas.

** Eva Guerra won a local beauty pageant before she met Hector. Stephanie Sigman has also played the titular character in Miss Bala, who is a beauty queen that becomes involved in the narcotics trade.

** Matthew Lillard is [[Franchise/{{Scream}} one of the targets of a]] SerialKiller.

* HeyItsThatGuy
** [[{{Film/Troy}} Helen of Troy]]/[[Film/InglouriousBasterds Bridget von Hammersmark]] plays El Paso cop Det. Sonya Cross.
** [[{{Series/Weeds}} Esteban Reyes]] plays her Juarez counterpart Det. Marco Ruíz.
** [[Film/ScoobyDoo Shaggy]] is Daniel Frye, an alcoholic journalist of the El Paso Times.
** [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Jame Gumb, AKA Buffalo Bill]], AKA [[{{Series/Monk}} Capt. Stottlemeyer]] is Lieutenant Hank Wade.
** Franka Potente, the titular character in Film/RunLolaRun as well as [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Anne Frank]], is a cartel member Eleanor Nacht.
** Hard to believe that Thomas M. Wright previously played Johnno Mitcham, the protagonist's old flame in Series/TopOfTheLake.
** [[Film/MysticPizza Kat Araújo]]/[[Series/TheXFiles Agent Monica Reyes]] is now a wealthy widow of a Texas rancher.
** [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone Professor Quirrell]] is looking mighty different as CIA Agent Alex Buckley.

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** [[{{Series/Weeds}} Esteban]] plays her Juarez counterpart Det. Marco Ruíz.

** [[Film/MysticPizza Kat]]/[[Series/TheXFiles Agent Monica Reyes]] is now a wealthy widow of a Texas rancher.

* FakeNationality: German actress Diana Kruger plays American Sonya Cross, while Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno plays Mexican Alma Ruiz. Australian actor Thomas M. Wright plays American (presumably) Steven Linder. Puerto Rican actor Ramon Franco plays Mexican cartel leader Fausto Galván.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Film/Troy}} Helen of Troy]]/[[Film/InglouriousBasterds Bridget von Hammersmark]] plays El Paso cop Det. Sonya Cross.

** Franka Potente, the titular character in Film/RunLolaRun as well as [[Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum Anne Frank]] is a cartel member Eleanor Nacht.

** Hard to believe that Thomas M. Wright previously played Johnno Mitcham, the protagonist's old flame in [[Series/TopOfTheLake]].

* FakeNationality: German actress Diana Kruger plays American Sonya Cross, while Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno plays Mexican Alma Ruiz.