Where to watch Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001)

Trivia & production notes

• Lucy Lawless was not the first choice to play Xena; the role was offered to British actress Vanessa Angel first, but an illness prevented her from traveling, and the part went through four other actresses before reaching Lawless.
• Renee O'Connor was cast as Gabrielle only after the original choice, Sunny Doench, declined the role because she did not want to leave her boyfriend in the United States.
• The show's theme music was adapted from the traditional Bulgarian folk song 'Kaval sviri,' performed by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir.
• Composer Joseph LoDuca won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for the Season 5 episode 'Fallen Angel' in 2000.
• Low ratings in the US market prompted production to wind down in Auckland in October 2000, with filming scheduled to end in April 2001 and between 150 to 200 crew members and actors facing job loss.
• Hudson Leick played Xena's nemesis Callisto and also portrayed a body-switched version of Xena herself in the episode 'Intimate Stranger.'
• Ted Raimi joined as a core cast member starting in the second season to play Joxer.
• Lucy Lawless donated her personal Xena costume to the National Museum of American History in 2006.
• In a 2003 interview with Lesbian News magazine, Lucy Lawless stated that the final scene between Xena and Gabrielle, featuring a mouth-to-mouth water transfer, led her to believe their relationship was 'definitely gay.'
• The term 'uberfic' originated in Xena fandom to describe fan fiction in which characters live in alternate universes, often as ancestors, descendants, or reincarnations of the original characters.

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