Trivia / Trese

The Comic

• What Could Have Been: The series main character would have been Anton Trese, keeping with the writer's main inspirations such as John Constantine. However series writer Budgette Tan decided to make Trese female and rename her Alexandra because there were already so many tough guy characters in Filipino media, but he hadn't seen any tough female characters. Anton would later be used for Alexandra's father.

The Cartoon

• Actor-Shared Background: The English dub uses voice actors who are either Filipino, Filipino-American, or are of Filipino descent, including Shay Mitchell, Manny Jacinto, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dante Basco, Eric Bauza, Jon Jon Briones, Sumalee Montano, and Dee Dee Magno Hall.
• All-Star Cast: About all of the English dub voice actors are either popular live-action actors in Hollywood (such as Shay Mitchell, Lou Diamond Phillips, Jon Jon Briones, Darren Criss, Nicole Scherzinger, Manny Jacinto) or mainstream voice actors (such as Eric Bauza, Dante Basco, Steve Blum).
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: When the animated adaptation was announced, a lot of news sites assumed that it's an anime-inspired show which would be produced by the Singaporean-Malaysian company BASE Entertainment, meaning it's going to be an Asian Animation production. However, it turns out that Base Entertainment only finances the show as stated in their website and the studio in charge of the animation is Lex + Otis Animation Studio, located in Glendale, California with Filipino-American Jay Oliva as CEO and founder. In other words, the show is actually an International Coproduction.
• Celebrity Voice Actor: Liza Soberano, a popular actress in the Philippines, is the voice of Alexandra Trese in the Filipino dub.
• Fake Nationality: Out of the English voice cast, the only non-Filipinos are Steve Blum (Jewish-American), Matthew Yang King (Chinese-American), Grey Griffin (Mexican/Dutch-American), Carlos Alazraqui (Argentinian-American), and Tania Gunadi (Indonesian-American). The production crew worked with voice actors who don't have Filipino origins by showing them reference materials to ensure that they do a convincing Filipino English accent.
• He Also Did:
  • The show's director, Jay Oliva, storyboarded for a few DC Universe Animated Original Movies and other DC and Marvel cartoons, shows, and movies (including Wonder Woman (2017)).
  • Kevin Kiner and his Filipino-American sons Sean and Dean Kiner (also known as the Kiner Brothers), who produced the show's soundtrack, are also known for their work on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, and even Extra History.
  • Jojo Aguilar, one of the show's artists, is known for his work as a concept artist for Zack Snyder's Justice League. He did this piece of concept art visualizing what John Stewart would've looked like in the film.
• International Coproduction: The show is a Filipino/Singaporean-Malaysian/American co-production.
• The Red Stapler: For Chocnut bars (a popular Filipino candy bar made of peanuts and cocoa powder).
• What Could Have Been: Back in 2018, Glaiza de Castro expressed interest in voicing Alexandra Trese for the Filipino dub before Liza Soberano was officially cast.
• Write What You Know: The show's director Jay Oliva is Filipino-American as is most of the cast and crew.

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