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Many of the characters share names with members of Bryan Cranston's family: Audrey (his mother), Otto (his grandfather) and Taylor (his daughter). Cranston's character Vince also takes his name from Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad (2008).

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The series villain's cameo by Bryan Cranston was filmed for the Amazon pilot after CBS passed on the project.

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Although Bryan Cranston (Vince) appeared in every episode of the first season and had a significant amount of screen time, he was billed as a guest star in the credits and was not a series regular.

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The first season is based on the Redford/Newman film The Sting. Both feature a long con called "The Turk." In both, the mark is named Vince Lonigan, and the underlying motive is revenge for Vince killing Charlie, along with many other identical plot points.

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Amazon renewed the series for a second season.

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The spiritual community shown in the second season was filmed in the village of Nyack, New York. Many other television shows and films have also been shot there, including Billions (2016), Rise (2018), True Story (2015), The Path (2016) and The Skeleton Twins (2014). Local residents became so used to the crews filming that they could be seen walking through the background and going about their days.

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Ethan Embry, Giovanni Ribisi and Bryan Cranston all appeared in the film That Thing You Do! (1996). Ribisi and Cranston also appeared in Saving Private Ryan (1998).

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Margo Martindale, Jacob Pitts, Karolina Wydra and Brad William Henke either had recurring roles on or appeared in FX's Justified (2010).

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Margo Martindale had previously appeared in The Riches (2007), another series about con artists and grifters.

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Margo Martindale, C. S. Lee and Desmond Harrington had recurring roles on Dexter (2006).

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Margo Martindale and Allison Wright were part of the regular cast of The Americans (2013).

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In both Boiler Room (2000) and Sneaky Pete (2015), Giovanni Ribisi played characters who ran illegal card games.

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Ethan Embry (the real Pete) wore brown contact lenses to look more like Giovanni Ribisi.

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This was the second television series created by David Shore in which Karolina Wydra appeared. The first was House (2004).

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Michael O'Keefe and Marin Ireland had recurring roles on SHOWTIME's Homeland (2011).

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Shane McRae, Marin Ireland, Michael Drayer, Virginia Kull and Jennifer Ferrin all appeared as guest actors on The Following (2013). Ireland appeared as a guest actor, while McRae, Drayer, Ferrin and Kull had recurring roles. Drayer and Kull played a murderous married couple in the same episodes.

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Mike Houston and Virginia Kull also appeared on HBO's Boardwalk Empire (2010).

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Margo Martindale is only 22 years older than Giovanni Ribisi, who plays her grandson (in a manner of speaking). Ethan Embry is 4 years younger, and his on-screen grandmother is 26 years older.

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Margo Martindale, Marin Ireland and Michael O'Keefe had recurring roles on SHOWTIME's Masters of Sex (2013).

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Margo Martindale and Peter Gerety also starred together in the television series Mercy (2009).

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