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* CastingGag: Several of the people who starred in ''Series/{{Roots}}'' or its sequel ''The Next Generations''—Ossie Davis, Paul Winfield, etc.—starred in this MiniSeries as well, which is considered a parallel story to the original.
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* CastingGag: Several of the people who starred in ''Series/{{Roots}}'' ''Series/Roots1977'' or its sequel ''The Next Generations''—Ossie Davis, Paul Winfield, etc.—starred in this MiniSeries as well, which is considered a parallel story to the original.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Creator/HalleBerry, who played Queen, is biracial as well, though the mix is different (Halle's mother is white, Queen's father was).
* AllStarCast: Creator/HalleBerry (Queen), Creator/RavenSymone (young Queen), Ann-Margret (Small Jackson), Creator/PatriciaClarkson (Lizzy Jackson), Creator/TimDaly (James Jackson, Jr.), Ossie Davis (Parson Sick), Creator/VictorGarber (Digby), Creator/DannyGlover (Alec Haley), Creator/GeorgeGrizzard (Mr. Cherry), Creator/JasmineGuy (Easter), Creator/DennisHaysbert (Davis), Creator/JaneKrakowski (Jane Jackson), Creator/JussieSmollett (Simon Haley), Lonette [=McKee=] (Alice), Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell (Abner), Creator/MartinSheen (James Jackson, Sr.), Creator/LorraineToussaint (Joyce), Paul Winfield (Cap'n Jack), etc.
* CastingGag: Several of the people who starred in ''Series/{{Roots}}'' or its sequel ''The Next Generations''—Ossie Davis, Paul Winfield, etc.—starred in this MiniSeries as well, which is considered a parallel story to the original.
* TheDanza: Jane Krakowski as Jane Jackson.
* DawsonCasting: Then-24 year old Creator/HalleBerry as the teenaged Queen, though this is justified by her continuing to play Queen as she aged.
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* AllStarCast: Creator/HalleBerry (Queen), Creator/RavenSymone (young Queen), Ann-Margret (Small Jackson), Creator/PatriciaClarkson (Lizzy Jackson), Creator/TimDaly (James Jackson, Jr.), Ossie Davis (Parson Sick), Creator/VictorGarber (Digby), Creator/DannyGlover (Alec Haley), Creator/GeorgeGrizzard (Mr. Cherry), Creator/JasmineGuy (Easter), Creator/DennisHaysbert (Davis), Creator/JaneKrakowski (Jane Jackson), Creator/JussieSmollett (Simon Haley), Lonette [=McKee=] (Alice), Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell (Abner), Creator/MartinSheen (James Jackson, Sr.), Creator/LorraineToussaint (Joyce), Paul Winfield (Cap'n Jack), etc.
* CastingGag: Several of the people who starred in ''Series/{{Roots}}'' or its sequel ''The Next Generations''—Ossie Davis, Paul Winfield, etc.—starred in this MiniSeries as well, which is considered a parallel story to the original.
* TheDanza: Jane Krakowski as Jane Jackson.
* DawsonCasting: Then-24 year old Creator/HalleBerry as the teenaged Queen, though this is justified by her continuing to play Queen as she aged.
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