Xena: Warrior Princess

The first choice for Xena was the British actress Vanessa Angel, but an illness prevented her from travelling, and the role was offered to four other actresses before the relatively unknown Lawless.

Sunny Doench was cast as Gabrielle, but she did not want to leave her boyfriend in the United States, so O'Connor, who had appeared in Hercules in another role, was chosen.

Ted Raimi became a core member of the cast from the second season as Joxer.

Actor Kevin Smith played popular character Ares, god of War, and Alexandra Tydings played his counterpart Aphrodite, goddess of Love.