Disclaimer:

* No Sword-Wielding, Card-Playing, Therapy-Seeking French Freedom Fighters were deflowered during the production of this motion picture. However, rumors of Custer and Pocahontas remain unconfirmed.

- Kevin (Ares) Smith was at the Panathenaea Convention in London, England on September 3, 2000. He complimented Renee O`Connor directorial skills. He also mentioned that O'Connor was a very generous and prepared director.

- Apparently the kiss at the end of the show was added by the director, Rene? O'Connor.

- Steve Sears, a former co-executive producer of XENA, appeared on the NetForum on or around January 31, 2000, under his Tyldus rubrick, and shared the following: [Sears stated before] "On the more amusing side, I've never been accused of more contradictory things than I have while working on Xena. I am a homophobe and honorary lesbian... " [Comment to Sears statement]Really, with that description, you must be a delight at a party, sort of an equal opportunity offender, eh? [Sears response] Hah! Now THAT was funny! I'm sure you heard this story before, but the homophobe thing happened in two e-mails once. A true homophobe sent me an e-mail lambasting me for "outting" Xena and Gabrielle in Deja-Vu. WHo cares if they were in male and female bodies, they KISSED! THe very next e-mail was from a lesbian (she said so in her post, by the way, not assumption) who accused ME of being a homophobe because they would only kiss in MALE and FEMALE bodies! I forwarded the e-mails to each of senders. On the first I wrote "Maybe you two should switch TV sets". Oh, and by the way, the infamous "kiss" in that episode wasn't in the script. It was added it in on the set. I was as surprised as anyone.

-In October 1999, Renee O'Connor was interviewed in STAR LOG magazine. She stated, "In the episode I directed ["Dej? Vu All Over Again"], Ted has to play Xena and he's Xena in a past life. And we have this very simple scene, Ted as Xena having a conversation with Ares. I wanted him to play it as Lucy plays Xena, when she's quite staunch, her shoulders pulled back and standing upright. She could take Ares on in a minute, and almost torments and tantalizes him at the same time. I wanted Ted to play that," she laughs, seemingly incredulous about her own request. "And then Ted played Xena as the feminine side of Ted, a bit hysterically, in a comedic way. Then, I wanted him to play a nasty moment between Xena and Ares, just mean, downright hard and formidable, because Xena has that about her, when she can test Ares with her whole body. Ted is such a nice guy that it's not in his body to insult and rip someone apart. I just couldn't get it from him, he's just a good soul. That, in its own way, enlightened me about Ted and his true personality. He doesn't have that nastiness other people have within them."

- On an on-line chat at tvguide.com on 06/16/99, Ted Raimi said about his choice in how to play "Xena" in DEJA VU: "I found the worst elements in myself and brought them forward it's just like when i bring some of the best and simplest for joxer"

-Ted Raimi now joins Renee O'Connor, Hudson Leick, and Bruce Campbell in the distinguished list of people who have attempted the Xena battle cry. Lucy Lawless even gets honorable mention for impersonating herself: listen for Annie's weak try at the Xena battle cry during "Joan" and "Xena"'s sword battle.

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