Trivia / The Wilds

• Actor-Shared Background:
  • Helena Howard, playing Nora, is of mixed African-American and Caucasian ancestry like her character.
  • Martha and Jenna Clause are both Native American, though from different tribes.
  • Fatin and Sophia Ali are both of South Asian Muslim background.
• Dawson Casting: All of the teenage main cast are played by actresses in at least their twenties.
• Dueling Works: With FX Networks' Yellowjackets, another show from the early 2020's revolving around a plane crash, and presented as a female-driven modern take on Lord of the Flies.
• Fake American: Australian actors Mia Healey, Rachel Griffiths, Shannon Barry and Michael Teh are playing Americans. New Zealand actress Erana James as Toni too. Jenna Clause is Canadian playing American. The second season adds the Australians Charles Alexander and Alex Fitzallan as Americans.
• Fake Nationality: All of the Ojibwe characters are played by actors of different ancestry. Jenna Clause is Cayuga. Kimberly Guerrero is from a mix of three other Indigenous peoples. Michael Teh is a mixed race man from Australia. Erana James meanwhile is Māori.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor:
  • Mia Healey, who plays closeted lesbian Shelby, describes herself as bisexual.
  • Miles Gutierrez-Riley plays Ivan, who's gay, while he's queer.

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