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1* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: [[spoiler:Robert [=McCallister=] dies in the show, because Creator/RobLowe]] decided to leave the show.
2* CastIncest: Supposedly Creator/DaveAnnable and Creator/EmilyVanCamp, which helped lead to the Justin/Rebecca retcon.
3* FakeAmerican:
4** Kevin is played by a Welsh actor.
5** Scotty and Rebecca's actors are Canadian.
6** Sarah's actress is Australian... she even slips accents in the {{blooper}}s.
7* RealLifeRelative:
8** Creator/PatriciaWettig (Holly Harper) and Creator/KenOlin (David Caplan) are married in real life.
9** Kevin and Scotty's surrogate Michelle is played by their daughter Roxy Olin.
10** Justin's girlfriend in Season 5 is played by Creator/OdetteYustman - who Dave Annable subsequently married.
11* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
12** The original pilot had several cast differences (Betty Buckley as Nora (then named Iva) and Jonathan [=LaPaglia=] as Bryan, later renamed Kevin). Also, Bryan/Kevin would have been a formerly married man with a child who had just come out.
13** Creator/RobLowe suggested Creator/JohnBarrowman for the role of Jason [=McCallister=], as he'd co-starred with him in a West End production of ''Film/AFewGoodMen'', but he had to decline due to his commitment to ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''.
14** Creator/JeffBridges was asked to play Tommy Walker, but turned it down. Creator/BeauBridges was later cast as Nick Brody for the last five episodes of the series.

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