Carnivale/Trivia

• Cross-Dressing Voices: Management is a Russian man voiced by Linda Hunt.
• Enforced Method Acting: In the earliest episodes, Daniel Knauf intentionally kept Clancy Brown in the dark about whether his character was supposed to be the Creature of Darkness or the Creature of Light. In interviews, Brown has admitted that he initially thought it was the latter, as he thought Brother Justin's visions were proof that he was some kind of messiah (just like Brother Justin himself did). Though he eventually caught on, it made Brown's performance as a Knight Templar that much more believable at the beginning, as he genuinely thought that he might be playing the hero.
• Executive Meddling: Lots. As Clancy Brown has put it, HBO was "uncomfortable with ambiguity", and so altered story-lines and characters to fit their needs. Brother Justin becoming all but pure evil in the second season in contrast to being conflicted in the first was because of this. Scenes where Justin was depicted as being more sympathetic were vetoed by the producers. HBO meddled quite a bit with Justin and Iris' relationship. They pushed for Justin to rape her at the end of the first season (which the writers did not want to do, hence the ambiguity of that scene), and then demanded that the show drop their relationship entirely in the second season.
• Hey, It's That Guy!: A surprising amount with this cast:
  • That Yellow Bastard/John Connor is Ben.
  • Mr. Krabs/Lex Luthor/the Kurgan is Justin.
  • Agent Peter Burke is Jonesy.
  • The backwards-talking dwarf is Samson.
  • Marcie Ross/Audrey Hanson is Sofie.
  • Annie Kinsella is Iris.
  • Samuel/T-Bag is Tommy Dolan.
  • The dad from The Waltons is Reverend Balthus.
  • Daisy Wick is Libby.
  • Artie, the Strongest Man in the World is Stumpy.
  • Lydecker is Scudder.
  • Shadout Mapes/Grandmother Willow/(and the really mindscrewy one?) Hettie is Management.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: It kind of freaks people out to discover Hetty is Management.
• What Could Have Been: 2001: A Space Odyssey's Keir Dullea was the second choice for Brother Justin.
  • Bruce Campbell and John Ritter both auditioned for the role of Justin.