Trivia / The Alienist

• California Doubling: While the series takes place in New York City, it was actually shot in Hungary, among others in Budapest. Many of the city's well known buildings are recognizable in scenes, like the National Museum, the National State Opera House, the University of Technology, the City Park, and many others.
• Enforced Method Acting: Dakota Fanning has said the costumes were period accurate particularly the corset, which affected her performance due to its restrictive nature.
  For better or for worse, the corsets kind of put you into the character because it does literally affect everything that you do: Breathing, walking, running, sitting, standing, and definitely eating. Yeah, you do kind of have to time it out because it can not feel so good after lunch.
• Fake American: Welsh actor Luke Evans plays the American John Moor.
• Similarly Named Works: The work shares its name with renowned Brazilian writer Machado de Assis's novella O Alienista (translated as The Alienist), published in 1882 on the collection Papéis Avulsos ("Loose Papers").

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