23 Surprising Facts About “Orange Is The New Black”
1. The actress who plays Yoga Jones was the voice of Patty Mayonnaise on Doug.
2. Pablo Schreiber, who plays “Pornstache” Mendez, is Liev Schrieber’s half-brother in real life.
And also played Nick Sobotka on The Wire.
3. Laverne Cox’s (Sophia) real-life twin brother played her pre-transition in the flashback sequence in Episode 3…
6. This is Crazy Eyes in real life (actress Uzo Aduba).
She is also a Broadway actor, having been in Godspell.
7. The bartender from Episode 7 is actress Lindsay Felton, who played Caitlin in Nickelodeon’s Caitlin’s Way.
11. There is an American Pie reference in the first episode of the series.
Original gifset via here.
12. Red is actress Kate Mulgrew. You may may know her as Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek…
13. …and there was a Star Trek reference between her and Nicky where she didn’t know who Spock was.
Via youtube.com
LOL.
16. The scar we see on Nicky is a real scar from heart surgery Natasha Lyonne had in 2012.
17. Jason Biggs’ character was watching Weeds in one episode, which was created by this show’s creator Jenji Kohan…
Via vulture.com
h/t: Vulture
22. Matt McGorry, who plays CO Bennet, used to be a body builder and personal trainer.
You can see plenty more of him here.
And one that isn’t so surprising…
23. The entire cast is amazing and perfect.
You can find more amazing cast photos here.
Read more: http://buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/surprising-facts-about-orange-is-the-new-black
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