Trivia / Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

• Acting for Two:
  • Joe Walker plays both Prince Achmed and Ja'far's predecessor as Royal Vizier.
  • The Sultan, the Djinn, Scar, and Gazeem are all played by Nick Gage.
  • Lauren Lopez occupies the roles of both Monkey and Maleficent.
  • Both Bird and Cruella are portrayed by Denise Donovan.
• Corpsing: Jim Povolo has to fight back laughter when the Princess rejects his high-five.
• Promoted Fanboy: Robert Manion was a Starkid fan before becoming friends with them and getting cast in this show.
• Romance on the Set: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien had been dating for some time before this, but this show was both Brian's debut as a solo director — with Matt and Nick Lang busy working on their graphic novel Quicksand Jack — and Meredith's debut as a lead actress. Brian describes being harder on her than the other actors to avoid the appearance of playing favorites.
• Throw It In!: This show being considered a "Starkid" show — and indeed the continued existence of "Team Starkid", as such — is one. The Langs and Brian Holden had debated the idea that A Very Potter Senior Year should be considered the end of "Starkid Productions", a brand name they created to market A Very Potter Musical. However, it turned out when they got Eric Kahn Gale to create the Kickstarter page for Twisted had already put "Starkid Productions" on it and it had already gone viral with that name, so they decided Sure, Let's Go with That. This minor "mistake" by their social media team has now extended the Team Starkid brand by eight years and counting.
• Tyop on the Cover: One instance of the title on the back on the DVD box is spelled "TWSITED".
• Voice-Only Cameo: The trailer's announcer combines this with Actor Allusion: he's appropriately voiced by none other than Jonathan Freeman, Jafar's original actor who's also played him on Broadway!
• What Could Have Been:
  • The demo for "Twisted" shows that the Magic Kingdom was going to still be called Agrabah.
  • As evidenced by the demo for "The Power in Me", the Princess' second wish was to be for Aladdin to not be such an asshole.

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