10 Interesting Facts About White Collar

Interesting Facts (7)

#001
White Collar was inspired by the adventures of Frank Abagnale Jr., who once committed forgery and confidence tricks and eventually went to work for the FBI.
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#002
In season 5, Diana decides to become pregnant through a sperm donor and to be a single mother. Marsha Thomason was pregnant in real life by her husband Craig Sykes. Rather than write Diana out, the series chose to write Thomason's pregnancy into the story.
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#003
In Stealing Home (2012), Neal explains to June and Mozzie that he grew up in St. Louis and was already a pool shark at the age of 9.
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#004
Season 4 mentions being in Cape Verde but was filmed in Puerto Rico.
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#005
Two years before this series, Matt Bomer played a man wrongly accused of bombing a museum that the FBI was pursuing in the short-lived series Traveler (2007). Here he plays a man who steals from museums and is caught by the FBI.
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#006
In season 4, Alex stays at the Athens hotel on 10th Street. This was actually filmed at SIXTY LES, a hotel near the corner of 1st and 1st. There is an art connection here too, since the bottom of the pool at SIXTY LES features a portrait of Andy Warhol!
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#007
The title "White Collar" can be read as a double meaning: first, as the type of criminals they pursue (criminals who use their professional lives to steal and/or commit fraud), and second, as a description of Neal's new job at the FBI (work belonging to or relating to office ranks and professional employees, which generally does not require manual labor or wearing a uniform or work clothes), as opposed to the "profession" being that of a criminal.
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Production Story (1)

#008
In S4 E6, "Identity Crisis," agent 7-2-3's initials were "CH" (Cabot Hawkins). These initials are meaningful in several other episodes… Curtis Hagen (also "CH") hides his name/initials in an artwork as a signature in the pilot episode, and Rebecca later uses this trait to frame him in season 5.
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Behind the Scenes (1)

#009
In the second season, Elizabeth Burke's reduced presence and the noticeable green-screen scenes were due to actress Tiffani Thiessen's pregnancy.
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Characters & Cast (1)

#010
Tiffani Thiessen's character is named "Elizabeth Burke," which is suspiciously similar to "Elizabeth Berkley," one of the leads of Saved by the Bell (1989-1993).
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