Trivia / Saving Me

• He Also Did: Series creator Aaron Johnston is actually better known for working alongside Orson Scott Card on the Ender's Game series, including co-writing the Formic Wars trilogy and several comics, as well as co-producing the 2013 movie adaptation. He also co-created another BYUtv series Extinct with Card.
• What Could Have Been: Concept art shared by head character designer Kiersten Hale reveals some early design considerations for some of the main characters.
  • Young Bennett was originally designed with Youthful Freckles. He also had lighter skin than in the final product. Other early concepts considered such accessories as goggles, labcoats, overalls, and Anime Hair.
  • Old Bennett's model was originally designed with darker hair (closer in color to his younger self) and lighter skin. And while most of his early designs are overall consistent with the final concept, a few did consider switching out the character's spectacles for tiny shades. Some however gave him more of a Mad Scientist look with crazier hair, large goggles, and jowls in place of facial hair.
  • Bennett's dad, Mark, went through some considerations for removing the glasses and giving him a goatee.