History Trivia / TheUntamed

* RoleReprisal:

* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Downplayed; in the scenes where Xianzi would chase Wei Wuxian, the crew got a hard time getting the Husky to chase Xiao Zhan unless they baited it with a sausage.

* StarMakingRole: Simply put, ''The Untamed'' serves as a major popularity boost to most of the actors, ''especially'' for Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo. Case in point, by the time November 2019 kicked in, both became two of the overall highest-rated actors in China.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Although they were cast as either uncle and nephew or father and son, the resemblance between actors Qi Peixin, Zhu Zanjin, and Cao Yuchen is so uncanny that -- given their ages in RealLife -- you'd expect all three of them to be long-lost ''brothers''.
* StarMakingRole: Simply put, ''The Untamed'' serves as a major popularity boost to most of the actors, ''especially'' for Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo.

* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Downplayed; in the scenes where Xianzi would chase Wei Wuxian, the crew got a hard time getting the Husky to chase Xiao Zhan unless they used meat.

*** Most notably, Song Jiyang, Wang Zhuocheng, Ji Li, Guo Cheng, and Qi Peixin originally auditioned for the role of Xue Yang. They were cast instead as Xiao Xingchen, Jiang Cheng, Nie Huaisang, Lan Jingyi, and Jin Ling, respectively; although Song Jiyang managed to briefly play Xue Yang ''pretending'' to be Xiao Xingchen.

* StarMakingRole: Simply put, ''The Untamed'' serves as a major popularity boost to most of the actors.

** The series was implied to have originally featured a romance between Wei Wuxian and Wen Qing. But after ''severe'' backlash from the fans, the script was rewritten almost completely.

** Wang Haoxuan was originally planned to wear fangs since Xue Yang has canine-like teeth, but it was scrapped because he ended up looking too vampiric, and it got in the way when the actor would speak his lines.

** Originally, the series was supposed to feature a romance between Wei Wuxian and Wen Qing. But after ''severe'' backlash from the fans, the script was rewritten almost completely.
** A small example; in the scene where Lan Wangji carries Wei Wuxian despite the latter's protests Wang Yibo was supposed to carry Xiao Zhan ''bridal-style''. However, the screenwriters changed it to him piggybacking the later because he didn't have enough strength to bridal-carry Xiao Zhan (who's both older ''and'' taller than him).

*** Most notably, Song Jiyang, Wang Zhuocheng, Ji Li, Guo Cheng, and Qi Peixin, originally auditioned for the role of Xue Yang. They were cast instead as Xiao Xingchen, Jiang Cheng, Nie Huaisang, Lan Jingyi, and Jin Ling, respectively; although Song Jiyang managed to briefly play Xue Yang ''pretending'' to be Xiao Xingchen.

** Song Jiyang, as well as Ji Li, Guo Cheng, and Qi Peixin, originally auditioned for the role of Xue Yang. They were cast instead as Xiao Xingchen, Nie Huaisang, Lan Jingyi, and Jin Ling, respectively; although Song Jiyang managed to briefly play Xue Yang ''pretending'' to be Xiao Xingchen.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo (the actors for Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, respectively) sang the ending song of ''The Untamed''. Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo, Wang Zhuo Cheng (Jiang Cheng), Liu Hai Kuan (Lan Xichen) and Yu Bin (Wen Ning) also sang their respective character songs.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo (the actors for Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, respectively) sang the ending song of ''The Untamed''.

* SeparatedByBirthCasting: Although they were cast as either uncle and nephew or father and son, the resemblance between actors Qi Peixin, Zhu Zanjin, and Cao Yuchen is so uncanny that -- given their ages in RealLife -- you'd expect all three of them to be long-lost ''brothers''.

** Originally, the series was supposed to feature a romance between Wei Wuxian and Wen Qing. But after disapproval from Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and a ''severe'' backlash from the fans, the script was rewritten almost completely.

* DawsonCasting: The actors for Lan Sizhui, Jin Ling, and Lan Jingyi in ''The Untamed'' are 22, 20, and 19 years old, respectively; although their characters are around 15 to 17 years old.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the series was supposed to feature a romance between Wei Wuxian and Wen Qing. But after disapproval from Mo Xiang Tong Xiu and a ''severe'' backlash from the fans, the script was rewritten almost completely.

** Other voice actors from either adaptation are also lending their voices in the ''The Untamed'', but they're not playing the characters they previously voiced. For example, Wang Kai [[note]] Lan Xichen's audio drama voice actor [[/note]] voices Jiang Cheng, Su Shangqing [[note]] Jin Ling's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Jin Guangyao, Chenzhang Taikang [[note]] Lan Sizhui's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Xiao Xingchen, Liu Sanmu [[note]] Nie Huaisang's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Xue Yang, Liu Cong [[note]] Lan Qiren's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Wen Ruohan, and Zhao Yi [[note]] Jin Zixun's audio drama voice actor [[/note]] voices Nie Mingjue.

* DyeingForYourArt: A mild example. In the canon of ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'', Lan Wangji is taller than Wei Wuxian. However, Wang Yibo is a few centimeters shorter than Xiao Zhan, so he wears pumped footwear to make him appear just as tall as the latter.

* RoleReprisal: Some of the voice actors from the donghua and the audio drama adaptations of ''Mo Dao Zu Shi'' return in the LiveActionAdaptation to dub over the actors playing the characters they voiced. There's Lu Zhixing as Wei Wuxian, Bian Jiang as Lan Wangji, Qiao Shiyu as Wen Qing, Tang Shuiyu as Jiang Fengmian, and Qiu Qiu as Wang Lingjiao.
** Additionally, other voice actors from either adaptation are also lending their voices in the ''The Untamed'', but they're not playing the characters they previously voiced. For example, Wang Kai [[note]] Lan Xichen's audio drama voice actor [[/note]] voices Jiang Cheng, Su Shangqing [[note]] Jin Ling's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Jin Guangyao, Chenzhang Taikang [[note]] Lan Sizhui's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Xiao Xingchen, Liu Sanmu [[note]] Nie Huaisang's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Xue Yang, Liu Cong [[note]] Lan Qiren's donghua voice actor [[/note]] voices Wen Ruohan, and Zhao Yi [[note]] Jin Zixun's audio drama voice actor [[/note]] voices Nie Mingjue.