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1	* ActorSharedBackground:
2	** Maxwell Jenkins, who plays Will Robinson, is a lover of science fiction and robotics in real life who describes his favorite movie as ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'', and was so excited to play the role that he demanded his parents allow him to audition. So joyous is his performance that it almost feels like he isn't acting.
3	** Creator/TaylorRussell, like Judy Robinson, was born to a Black father and White mother.
4	* ChannelHop: The original show was made by Fox and broadcast by CBS, this one is Netflix. And it's the fourth time in the franchise, given [[Film/LostInSpace the movie]] was made by New Line, while the failed pilot ''The Robinsons'' was intended to air on Creator/TheWB.
5	* DawsonCasting: While Maxwell Jenkins (11-12) plays Will Robinson (11) and Creator/MinaSundwall (16) plays Penny Robinson (16), Creator/TaylorRussell (23) plays Judy Robinson (18), and is at one point mistaken for 17 in-universe. However, those actors portray the same characters up to three years earlier in the story's timeline during flashbacks, and little effort is made to make them look any younger, making Will undoubtedly the tallest third-grader in his school, Penny by far the most mature-looking 13-year-old, and Judy a high-school student who must have been held back about six grades.
6	* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals:
7	** During interviews about the filming of the first season, Creator/MollyParker and Creator/TobyStephens remarked that they did ''not'' have the stereotypical bad experiences with child actors (Max Jenkins and Mina Sundwall were 11 and 16 at the start of filming, respectively). The problem with children, they said, is most often not with the kids themselves but their parents, and both young actors' parents were quite well-behaved.
8	** Debbie the chicken, however, was apparently not so well-behaved on set, with several actors getting pecked for their troubles.
9	* TheOtherDarrin: In the Japanese dub, Will Robinson was initially voiced by Creator/MaiNishikawa for the first two seasons. For the final season, the role was recast with Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka.
10	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ParkerPosey is generally not known for portraying sociopathic villains, making her performance as Dr. Smith all the more compelling.
11	* UnderageCasting:
12	** With both the actor ''and'' the character, as the 23-year-old Taylor Russell portrays the 18-year-old Judy Robinson, who qualified as a medical doctor prior to departing on the ''Resolute'', albeit one without any actual practice experience. Lampshaded InUniverse by Don West, who asks if she's 17.

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