MAGIC OF CARNIVÀLE behind the scenes of HBO's surrealistic drama   Have content you'd like to contribute? Contact Management!

CAST AND CREW TRIVIA
BY JEFFERY FRY

Michael J. Anderson (Samson) stands 3 feet, seven inches tall. He can speak backwards and is a former computer specialist for NASA. Due to a bone condition, he was unable to walk until he was almost 30 years old.

Adrienne Barbeau (Ruthie) was once married to Horror king John Carpenter and also worked as a New York city go-go dancer from 1964-1967 while breaking in on Broadway.

Patrick Bauchau (Ernst Lodz) was born in Brussels, Belgium and attended Oxford University on an academic scholarship where he studied Modern Languages. He speaks French, English, Spanish, Italian, German and a bit of Russian and Flemish.

Clancy Brown (Justin Crowe) is the voice of Mr. Krabs on
Spongebob Squarepants, collects animation cells an has said that if he hadn't been an actor he would have been (in order) a fireman, an aristocrat, an archaeologist/anthropologist, a scuba diver, and a circus acrobat.

Clea Duvall (Sofie Bojakshiya) practices tae kwon do, is friends with actress
Rachel Leigh Cook (who, coincidentally, stars with Nick Stahl in the movie "Bookie") and worked in a coffee shop before she acted.

Cynthia Ettinger (Rita Sue Dreifuss) was the original Martha Kent on the series "Smallville. Before the pilot aired her scenes were reshot.

John Fleck (Gecko) has had two other similarly named roles: Mutant on the Bounty (1989) playing "Lizardo" and in Pink Cadillac (1989) playing "Lounge Lizard."

Toby Huss (Felix Dreifuss) played "Artie: the strongest man in the world!" on Nickelodeon's cult classic 'The Adventures of Pete and Pete' and is the voice of Cotton Hill (and others) on 'King of the Hill'.

Amy Madigan (Iris Crowe) is married to actor Ed Harris.

Nick Stahl (Ben Hawkins) has appered in two movies centering around teenage murderers based on true stories (Bully and West Memphis Three). He also starred with fellow Carnivale cast member John Savage (Scudder) in the movie "The Thin Red Line".

Karyne Steben (Alexandria) and Sarah Steben (Caladonia) are twin trapeze performers with Cirque De Soleil.

Ralph Waite (Norman Balthus) unsuccessfully ran for Congress twice in California. Once to fill the unexpired term of the late Sonny Bono.

Amanda Aday (Dora Mae Dreifuss) is the daughter of singer Meat Loaf and was a theatre major at California Instittute of the Arts.

John Savage (Henry Scudder) spent 6 years (1988-1994) in South Africa, working with Nelson Mandela for the anti-Apartheid movement.