History Trivia / TwinPeaks

* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/KyleMacLachlan and Lara Flynn Boyle were in a relationship while filming the original run.

* CastTheRunnerUp: Lynch originally wanted Robert Forster to play Sheriff Harry Truman, but Forster was unavailable at the time due to other commitments, so the role went to Michael Ontkean instead. By the time of ''the Return'', Ontkean had retired from acting and therefore declined to return as Harry, so instead Forster was cast to play Harry's brother, Frank Truman.

** Sherilyn Fenn who was 25 at the time of the show had her relationship with Agent Cooper broken up because her character was 18. Agent Cooper then took up a relationship with Creator/HeatherGraham's character of Annie Blackburn. Heather Graham was notably five years ''younger'' than Sherilyn Fenn but ''playing'' 22.

* BigNameFan: Dan Smith, lead singer of {{Music/Bastille}}, is a fan, and created the song "Laura Palmer" in tribute.

** ''The Return'' features many previous Lynch collaborators such as Creator/LauraDern, Creator/NaomiWatts, Robert Forster, [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] and Patrick Fischler.

** Creator/KyleMacLachlan first worked with Lynch in ''{{Film/Dune}}'' and again in ''Film/BlueVelvet''.

** Agent Tammy is said to be "barely 30" and still a very green agent. Chrysta Bell was 39. Interestingly, Creator/KyleMacLachlan himself was only 30 during the first season of the show.

** Cooper and Audrey were going to hook up, until Kyle [=MacLachlan=] strongly objected to their age difference.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: Season 1, not so much. Season 2, yes.

* PosthumousCredit: Catherine Coulson, Miguel Ferrer and Warren Frost all died before the third season show premiered. Creator/HarryDeanStanton also died shortly after the final episode aired.
* PostScriptSeason: Because of the mentioned ExecutiveMeddling, everything after the resolution of the Laura Palmer case more or less became this. It felt incredibly awkward to have Dale Cooper still hanging around in Twin Peaks, even though he didn't have a reason to stay after the killer had been found. Windom Earle was more of a stand-in for Laura Palmer's killer than a real villain.

* ActorAllusion:
** "All things considered, [[spoiler:being shot]] is not as bad as I always thought it might be. [[{{Film/Dune}} Long as you can keep the fear from your mind.]] I guess you could say that about most anything in life."
** Creator/DavidDuchovny appearing as an FBI agent was not this, as ''Twin Peaks'' ended a year before ''Series/TheXFiles'' began. However, his appearance in the revival where he relishes being able to say Federal Bureau of Investigation instead of FBI is this.
** Don Davis as [[{{Series/StargateSG1}} an Air Force officer hiding the existence of aliens]] isn't this either. This show seems to rack these up.
** The "screaming Asian girl" played by Charlyne Yi at the end of Part 15 of the 2017 series is named Ruby. This isn't [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse the first "Ruby" Yi has played]].
** David L. Lander as Tim Pickle is a [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit mustelidae expert.]]

* {{Corpsing}}: In S2E1, during the scene in which Leland is singing ''Mairzy Doats'' in his office and Hornes start dancing, Ray Wise and Richard Beymer begin audibly cracking up.

** Sherilyn Fenn who was 25 at the time of the show had her relationship with Agent Cooper broken up because her character was 18. Agent Cooper then took up a relationship with Heather Graham's character of Annie Blackburn. Heather Graham was notably five years ''younger'' than Sherilyn Fenn but ''playing'' 22.
** Wally Brando is 24 but played by Michael Cera (29)
** Becky is 24 at the oldest but played by Amanda Seyfriend (31).
** Agent Tammy is said to be "barely 30" and still a very green agent. Chrysta Bell was 39. Interestingly, [=Kyle MacLachlan=] himself was only 30 during the first season of the show.

** In ''The Return'', Lynch continues the tradition he started in ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'' of giving musicians sizable roles by casting frequent collaborator Chrysta Bell as Agent Tammy. She acts mostly as TheWatson.

* CreatorBacklash: Julee Cruze, who sang the show's theme song, fought long and hard against doing another song for the revival. After the finale aired, she promptly declared that Lynch had treated her horribly and there's no way in hell she's ever working with him again.

** Laura Dern's character's identity wasn't revealed in the lead up to the premiere of the third season, and interviews consistently stressed that she was playing someone important. Very few fans were surprised when it turned out she's playing [[spoiler:Diane.]]

*** David Bowie's death forced Philip Jeffries to appear as a mechanical device similar to a steampot, with a voice by Nathan Frizzell.

** Kyle [=MacLachlan=] first worked with Lynch in ''{{Film/Dune}}'' and again in ''Film/BlueVelvet''.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to Lynch the two decades between seasons 2 and 3 will be relevant to the main plot.
** David Bowie was interested in reprising his role as Philip Jeffries in ''The Return'', but had to decline due to his failing health and [[AuthorExistenceFailure passed away shortly before filming began.]] He did, however, give Lynch permission to reuse stock footage of him from ''Fire Walk With Me'' and to have a voice actor (Nathan Frizzell) replace him. Having to find a way to include Jeffries without Bowie, Lynch took the um...''innovative'' step of having Jeffries [[spoiler: [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext transformed into a giant tea kettle.]]]]

* RoleReprisal: No less than 37 actors returned for the 2017 revival.
* SameLanguageDub: Due to {{David Bowie}}'s failing health, he declined to reprise his role as Philip Jeffries in ''The Return'' while allowing the production to use stock footage of him from ''Fire Walk With Me'', on the condition that his voice in those scenes be re-dubbed, due to his dissatisfaction with his performance and the accent he used for it.

** ''Twin Peaks'' was renewed for the second season, but the network moved it to one of the lowest-rated timeslots on television, Saturday nights at ten.

** The sheer number of cameos by recognizable actors in small roles is very much in line with stunt casting. Tim Roth, Mary Louise-Parker, Matthew Lillard, Michael Cera and Amanda Seyfreid all make brief appearances.

** Josie was originally going to be an Italian woman whose real name was Giovanna. She was also going to played by Isabella Rossellini, who was dating Creator/DavidLynch at the time.

** The sheer number of cameos by recognizable actors in small roles is very much in line with stunt casting. Tim Roth, Mary Louise-Parker, Matthew Lillard, Matt Cera and Amanda Seyfreid all make brief appearances.

* InMemoriam: The second episode of the revival is dedicated to Catherine Coulson and Frank Silva. The third is dedicated to Don S. Davis and Miguel Ferrer. The ninth episode to Kevin Young, Jr. The fifteenth to Margaret Lanterman (Log Lady) who died during production.

* InMemoriam: The second episode of the revival is dedicated to Catherine Coulson and Frank Silva. The third is dedicated to Don S. Davis and Miguel Ferrer. The fifteenth to Margaret Lanterman (Log Lady) who died during production.

** Narrowly avoided by Catherine Coulson, Miguel Ferrer and Warren Frost, who all died before the third season show premiered. Creator/HarryDeanStanton also died shortly after the final episode aired.

* BigNameFan: Dan smith, lead singer of {{Music/Bastille}}, is a fan, and created the song "Laura Palmer" in tribute.

** Cantonese: 迷離劫 (Blurred Robbery)

* BigNameFan: Dan smith, lead singer of {{Music/Bastille Bastille}}, is a fan, and created the song "Laura Palmer" in tribute.

* BigNameFan: Dan smith, lead singer of [[Music/Bastille Bastille]], is a fan, and created the song "Laura Palmer" in tribute.

* CastingGag: Lynch originally wanted Robert Forster to play Sheriff Harry Truman, but Forster was unavailable at the time due to other commitments, so the role went to Michael Ontkean instead. By the time of the Return, Ontkean had retired from acting and therefore declined to return as Harry, so instead Forster was cast to play Harry's brother, Frank Truman.

* TheCastShowoff: Since Michael J. Anderson can talk backwards, he did so and his voice was reversed. Technically, the idea came first and was expanded when David Lynch discovered this proficiency.