Line #7 Trivia/ScreamQueens2015


1	* ActorAllusion:
2	** Creator/BillieLourd, who plays Chanel #3, is Creator/CarrieFisher's daughter. The earmuffs her character often wears are a homage to her mother's iconic [[Franchise/StarWars Princess Leia hairdo]]. Not to mention in the Season 1 finale, she wears her hair in the buns.
3	** Creator/JamieLeeCurtis was one of the original scream queens, in ''Film/{{Halloween\|1978}}''.
4	** In "Seven Minutes in Hell", Chanel calls Grace "Nancy Drew" as an insult. [[Film/NancyDrew Of Course, Emma Roberts would know all about Nancy Drew, wouldn't she?]]
5	** Jamie Lee Curtis also creates an almost shot for shot homage to her mother Janet Leigh and her famous scene from ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' in "Mommie Dearest."
6	** In "Haunted House", Grace dresses as Creator/KateHudson. Her father is played by Kate's real-life brother. In the same episode, she meets a woman whose younger self was played Creator/GracePhipps, who played her best friend on ''Series/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing''.
7	** In season 2 premiere, Dr.Cascade played by Creator/TaylorLautner diagnoses a woman who has Hypertrichosis aka Werewolf Syndrome. Lautner played a werewolf in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series. There's also a joke about his body being cold, another ''Twilight'' reference.
8	** Creator/EmmaRoberts, who plays Chanel Oberlin, is the daughter of Creator/EricRoberts, who played the Master in [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the Doctor Who movie]]. In the season 2 episode ''Halloween Blues'', in a rage, Chanel asks "did this crappy dorm turn into a ''Series/DoctorWho'' TARDIS while I was asleep, and transport us all back to Ancient Egypt?"
9	* AdvertisedExtra:
10	** Ariana Grande appears in just the pilot episode, and a cameo in another, yet was hyped up.
11	** A lot of press was given to Charisma Carpenter guest starring. She has just a brief scene in one episode. Coincidentally playing the mother of Chanel #2.
12	* AwesomeDearBoy:
13	** Ariana Grande was a huge fan of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' and describes herself saying to Ryan Murphy "I'll do anything you want. I'll be the first one killed off, I'll be the villain" - and so she was the first one killed off.
14	** Lea Michele has described Ryan Murphy asking her if she wanted to wear a neck brace and talk about having sex with dead bodies - and she responded "I'm yours!"
15	** Ryan Murphy recalls being reluctant to ask Jamie Lee Curtis if she would do the homage to ''{{Film/Psycho}}''. He recalls simply sending the script, and getting a text from her which read "we need to do this shot for shot!" Even before that, Jamie took a day to think about doing the show, and agreed without even seeing the script.
16	* CareerResurrection: Jamie Lee Curtis had retreated from the spotlight after the failure of ''Film/ChristmasWithTheKranks'', mostly to raise her family, and had spent ten years either in the occasional guest spot or voiceover role. Her Golden Globe nominated performance as Dean Munsch brought her back to the mainstream, and led to her returning to the ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}'' franchise in [[{{Film/Halloween2018}} 2018]].
17	* CastingGag: In "Dorkus", the Chanels think they've captured the Red Devil, but when they unmask him, it's just some pizza delivery guy who was forced to wear the costume and was fitted with a dynamite vest. Said pizza delivery guy is played by Riley Schmidt, who is the man under the mask every time the Red Devil appears to kill someone.
18	** Emma Roberts and Skylar Samuels are playing the roles opposite of what they played growing. Skylar was frequently cast in roles more similar to Chanel and Emma played roles more like Grace.
19	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/AnnieRojas dubbed Catherine Hobart (Creator/CecilyStrong) in the first episode of the second season.
20	* CelebrityParadox: In Season 2, Chad references Creator/JuliaRoberts, who is of course the aunt of Emma Roberts.
21	* {{Corpsing}}:
22	** Skyler Samuels describes herself as the biggest corpser on set, claiming she's ruined the most takes by bursting out laughing. But apparently it went the other way around during filming of Grace and Zayday pushing Boone out the window - and it was Nick Jonas who corpsed.
23	** Jamie Lee Curtis apparently squeezed thumbtacks in order to prevent herself from corpsing in some of the takes.
24	* TheDanza: Just about. Niecy Nash plays a character called Denise - which is her middle name.
25	* DawsonCasting: Hester is meant to be nineteen or twenty. Lea Michele was twenty-nine at the time. Overall the main cast is made up of several college freshmen and juniors, and most of them are a few years older. Glen Powell for example is twenty seven playing a character who is definitely under twenty-two. Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Nick Jonas, Lucien Laviscount and Skyler Samuels are all within the right age though (and Skyler was even attending college during the first season). Season 2 has a TimeSkip of a couple of years, matching some ages up.
26	* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JamieLeeCurtis directed the episode "Rapunzel, Rapunzel".
27	* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Whitney Meyer, who plays Deaf Taylor Swift, is deaf in real life.
28	* FakeAmerican: Diego Boneta is Mexican, and Nasim Pedrad is Iranian. They play the Americans Pete and Gigi, but speak with American accents naturally - making this a marginal example.
29	* JustForFun/RoleAssociation:
30	** We have a sorority led by [[Film/{{Scream4}} Jill Roberts]] along with her associates [[Music/ArianaGrande Cat]], [[Film/{{Zombieland}} Little Rock]], and a few others.
31	** [[Series/{{Glee}} Rachel]] is also part of the sorority, along with [[Series/KeyAndPeele Malia's Anger Translator]].
32	** [[Film/CampRock Nate]] is part of an all-male brotherhood and [[spoiler: is in cahoots with the Red Devil Killer]] and [[Creator/JamieLeeCurtis Laurie Strode]] is the Dean of the school.
33	** [[Series/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing Chloe King]] is really going to need those remaining seven lives.
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35	* HostilityOnTheSet: Reports surfaced that Emma Roberts and Lea Michele were constantly at each other's throats on the set.
36	* LyingCreator:
37	** Ryan Murphy said that each episode would have [[AnyoneCanDie a major character death]]. Actually up until the final, [[WeHardlyKnewYe only minor or secondary characters]] and one main character have died.
38	** He also stated multiple times that only [[AnyoneCanDie four or five characters would survive the season]] and appear in season 2. Grace, Zayday, Hester, Chanels #3 and #5, Chad, Denise, Wes and Dean Munsch, and Chanel (ten people) all survive. Further, at least seven are slated to be returning, and possibly more.
39	* MemeAcknowledgment: Skyler Samuels references the jokes about her hats during her Reddit AMA, and loves it.
40	* OrphanedReference: Dean Munsch's obsession with Wes is a leftover from when Joe Mangianello was going to play him - as he has a reputation for being a MrFanservice. While Oliver Hudson is by no means unattractive, his physique certainly pales in comparison, making it feel like InformedAttractiveness at some points.
41	* PlayingAgainstType:
42	** Creator/LeaMichele was last seen on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' as Rachel Berry, a fame-chasing diva but all-around decent person. Here, she's Hester, a death-obsessed girl who wants to call the Chanels "mom" and appreciates being called a psychopath. And she turns out to be a MagnificentBastard who acted as the brains behind the Red Devil killings.
43	** Jamie Lee Curtis was a horror movie FinalGirl in her early days but later became as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, quirky housewife or the OnlySaneMan in a lot of her projects. Playing a DeanBitterman who's also a DirtyOldWoman is quite different for her.
44	** Abigail Breslin was a child star, playing various Woobies or precocious children. Playing a vapid ditzy BetaBitch is a real change.
45	** Skyler Samuels who was best known for her earlier roles as [[{{AlphaBitch}} Alpha Bitches]] on television gets reversed here where's she's the NiceGirl foil to The Chanels.
46	** Technically Emma Roberts, who was known as the TeenIdol of ''{{Series/Unfabulous}}'' for years. Thanks to both this and ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'', she is now primarily known for AlphaBitch roles.
47	* ProductionPosse: As soon as ''Series/{{Glee}}'' finished filming, the entire crew and some of the cast moved to Louisiana to make this. There are also a few cast members who are on ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''.
48	* RealLifeRelative: Rodger and Dodger are played by twins Aaron and Austin Rhodes.
49	* RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Chad has longer hair in Season 2 because Glen Powell was filming ''Film/HiddenFigures'' at the same time.
50	* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
51	** Chanel #2 was going to have a significantly bigger role - appearing in ''nine'' episodes - but Ariana Grande had to go on tour and thus she was killed off in the pilot episode.
52	** Skyler Samuels returned to college in 2016, having taken a semester out to film the first season. As a result, Grace is written out of Season 2, later explained that she's in Stanford (the university Skyler attends in real life), only to find out [[spoiler: it's not the university, it's a mental asylum that shares the same name.]]
53	** [[spoiler: Chad being killed off]] was because Creator/GlenPowell was cast in ''Film/HiddenFigures'' and wasn't available.
54	* RomanceOnTheSet: Billie Lourd and Taylor Lautner dated after meeting in season 2.
55	* StarMakingRole:
56	** It was ultimately Creator/GlenPowell who got launched onto bigger things from this. Beforehand he had bit parts in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' and ''The Expendables 3''. Afterwards ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'', ''Film/HiddenFigures'' and eventually ''Film/TopGunMaverick''.
57	** Billie Lourd also did extremely well thanks to the series, as her appearance in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' was relatively minor. Thanks to being one of the best received characters, she soon made appearances on ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory'' and ''Billionaire Boys' Club'', as well as getting more prominent roles in the ''Star Wars'' trilogy.
58	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil:
59	** The show's [=YouTube=] channel has ''Scene Queens'' which is the cast talking about the latest episode to appear and speculating who they think the killer is. While it's not so bad in the US, the UK airs the show about 6 weeks after the episodes air in the US so it's advised to watch the show first.
60	** On a more serious note, the ''Scene Queens'' episode lined up with ''Ghost Stories'' has a picture of Boone in a Red Devil costume. This is a ''massive'' spoiler.
61	* TypeCasting: Niecy Nash had played a police officer on ''Reno 911'' as well.
62	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
63	** The network ordered fifteen episodes for the first season to begin with, but it was later cut down to thirteen.
64	** An early trailer showed that the house's initials were [[CountryMatters KNT]], though the trailer was later remade to be KKT, for Kappa Kappa Tau.
65	** Creator/JulianMorris was cast as Pete but had to drop out before filming, and was replaced by Diego Boneta. The role had previously been offered to David Henrie, who turned it down.
66	** Joe Manganiello was also originally cast as Wes but backed out due to his ''Film/MagicMike'' commitments, leading to Oliver Hudson being cast.
67	** Ryan Murphy claims that once he met Whitney Meyer, the actress playing Deaf Taylor Swift, he liked her so much he considered sparing her and killing off another character. But he ended up sticking to the script.
68	** Creator/MelissaGedeon auditioned for the dubbing part of Hester Ulrich/Chanel #6. Leyla Rangel got the part.
69	** Creator/AnnieRojas auditioned for the dubbing part of Chanel #3. Jessica Angeles got the part. [[https://twitter.com/jezzylw/status/647874303149535232 She even confirmed this on her Twitter account]].
70	** Ricardo Bautista, [[PlayingAgainstType who often dubbed Nick Jonas for Disney projects]], auditioned for the dubbing part of Boone Clemens. Jose Antonio Toledano got the part.

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