Trivia / Just Shoot Me!

• Actor-Shared Background:
  • Nina, an ex-model, was played by Wendie Malick, who also modeled before getting into acting.
  • Elliot DiMauro is of Italian descent like his actor Enrico Colantoni.
• The Danza:
  • Simon Templeman as Simon Leeds.
  • Rhoda Gemingnani as Rhoda DiMauro, Elliott's mother.
• Dawson Casting:
  • Wendie Malick was roughly the same age as her character, the middle-aged Nina, but also had to play Nina in flashbacks to when she was a supermodel in her twenties.
  • "Fast Times at Finchmont High" featured 24-year-old Melissa Joan Hart as a high school cheerleader.
  • Inverted with Nicole, Finch's former skating partner, in "Finch on Ice". The character was said to be in her mid-30s but was played by 23-year-old Barret Swatek.
• Fake American: Elliot, an American, was played by Canadian actor Enrico Colantoni.
• Throw It In!: In "A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn", Bernie Casey's line "And that's the last time I saw the bitch" was apparently an ad lib on Casey's part.
• Trans Character, Cis Actor: Trans woman Brandi, Dennis' old friend from high school, was played by the cisgender actress Jenny McCarthy.

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