TV SERIES · 2013– · USA
The Fosters
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24 Interesting Facts About The Fosters
Interesting Facts (21)
- #001
While Sherri Saum was pregnant with twins, she considered naming them Jesus and Mariana. She later learned that both were boys.
- #002
Connor's gunshot wound to the foot changed from the time he was in the hospital to the period when he was using crutches.
- #003
Maia Mitchell (Callie Adams-Foster), Jordan Rodrigues (Mat Tan) and Louis Hunter (Nick Stratos) are all Australian, but unlike Mitchell and Rodrigues, Hunter does not have a strong Australian accent.
- #004
Sherri Saum (Lena Adams Foster) was pregnant with twin boys in real life around the time her character was pregnant on the show. However, the writers stated that they did not write the pregnancy because of Saum's real-life situation and that they had planned the story earlier.
- #005
Bailee Madison (Sophia) and Maia Mitchell (Callie) are often mistaken for sisters in real life. However, Maia is Australian and Bailee is American.
- #006
Throughout the first part of season 3 (up to episode 10), neither Jake T. Austin nor Noah Centineo is credited in the part of the theme song where a hand falls from a bed. There is no name because this was the casting period for the new Jesus after Jake's departure from the series.
- #007
Callie and Jesus share almost no dialogue in most episodes.
- #008
Noah Centineo took over the role of Jesus after Jake T. Austin left the series in season 3. Years later, Austin explained on Twitter that the reason for his departure was that he was asked to return for only 3 episodes in season 3.
- #009
When Callie runs away and leaves Wyatt, she tries to find a job at a diner. She tells the diner's owner that she lives on Lismore Street. Maia Mitchell, who plays Callie, is from the Australian city of Lismore.
- #010
Jude (Hayden Byerly) was initially planned to go down a transgender path — this was lightly hinted at in the pilot when his sister Callie (Maia Mitchell) told Brandon (David Lambert) that she was sent to juvenile hall after throwing a baseball bat at her stepfather's car to stop him from beating Jude for wearing his ex-wife's dress. However, transgender stories would be explored in a different area of the series, and instead Jude's character would explore his sexuality and sexual orientation after coming out as gay in season 2.
- #011
Kerr Smith, who plays Robert Quinn, and Cierra Ramirez, who plays Mariana Adams Foster, share the same birthday on March 9.
- #012
Season 1, Episode 15: In "Padre," the brand of the cake box Stef opens is Kovisars. It is named after Production Manager Jules Kovisars.
- #013
Corbin Bleu and Chris Warren, who played Chad and Zeke respectively in all three films of the High School Musical series, appeared on the show. Bleu took a single role as Mercutio in Season 3, Episode 19, while Warren recurred as Ty Hensdale across seven episodes.
- #014
At the start of the series, Aiden appears for no more than a few minutes, but his name is mentioned several times throughout the show. Later in Season 4, he returns as a member of the robotics team with Emma, Mariana and Jesus.
- #015
In the third season, Matt and Mariana played Romeo and Juliet in a musical. Jordan Rodrigues played Romeo in the third season of Dance Academy.
- #016
A handful of cast members also appeared on another series, Parenthood (2010).
- #017
Jake T. Austin (Jesus Foster) and Cierra Ramirez (Marianna Foster) played the twins on the series, but Jake was actually 4 months older.
- #018
Nia Peeples and Eric Steinberg, who both appeared in Season 5 as Susan (Grace's mother) and Professor Kim respectively, had previously worked together on Pretty Little Liars as Emily Fields' parents, Pam and Wayne Fields.
- #019
David Lambert (Brandon), Mary Mouser (guest star Sarah) and Hayley Kiyoko (guest star Gabi) are left-handed.
- #020
Maia Mitchell (Callie) and Garrett Clayton (Chase/Paris) worked together on the films Teen Beach Movie (2013) and Teen Beach 2 (2015).
- #021
Amanda Leighton (Emma) and Bethany Joy Lenz look alike and have the same voices.
Characters & Cast (3)
- #022
David Lambert, who plays piano prodigy Brandon Foster, was cast in the role before it was even confirmed whether he could play the piano. It turned out that he is in fact a good pianist.
- #023
On January 3, 2018, Freeform announced that The Fosters was ending after five seasons. The series would conclude with a three-episode finale event airing in summer 2018. The finale also served as a backdoor pilot for a spin-off starring Cierra Ramirez and Maia Mitchell. The series would begin with a thirteen-episode first season, be set several years in the future, and follow "Callie and Mariana" as they move into the next stage of their young adult lives.
- #024
Noah Centineo originally auditioned for Brandon Foster, but the role went to David Lambert. Jake T. Austin's character Jesus Adams-Foster would later be recast in season 3, with Noah Centineo taking his place.
Related pages
- One Day at a Time — The Fosters comes up in the facts on that page
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- IMDb
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