Trivia / Special Ops: Lioness

• Big Name Fan: Hideo Kojima is a fan of the series and wrote a mini-review of it on his twitter.
• Distanced from Current Events: Due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, the first premiere of the series at the DGA in West Hollywood that was scheduled to take place on July 18, 2023, was subsequently canceled, becoming the first premiere of the strike to be canceled completely.
• Fake American: Brazilian-Canadian Laysla de Oliveira plays Syrian/Mexican-American Cruz Manuelos, who pretends she's Emirati-American while on her undercover mission.
• Fake Nationality: Stephanie Nur is Syrian-Austrian, playing Saudi woman Aaliyah Amrohi.
• Produced by Cast Member: Zoe Saldaña (Joe), Nicole Kidman (Caitlin Meade), and Jill Wagner (Bobby) all play main characters on the show, while they're executive producers as well.
• What Could Have Been: The show was in production as Lioness. It's still used in some marketing materials.