: Lead actress Alba Baptista is Portuguese and speaks five languages (English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese). Ava was her first-ever English-speaking role. Reception and Impact Warrior Nun: Season 1 – Review - TV and City
Creator Ben Dunn was inspired to create the original comic, Warrior Nun Areala , after reading a news report in the 1990s about a group of nuns in Harlem, New York, who were black belts in Judo and trained in self-defense. This real-life order, the Fraternité Notre-Dame , was not in union with the Pope and operated its own unique mission. : Lead actress Alba Baptista is Portuguese and
: The series moved away from the "manga-style" provocative costumes found in the comics in favor of more practical, modern attire for the sisterhood. Production Secrets This real-life order, the Fraternité Notre-Dame , was
: Several filming locations are shared with Game of Thrones , such as the Royal Alcázar of Seville (Dorne) and Castillo Almodovar del Rio (Highgarden). : Every episode title in Season 1 is
: Every episode title in Season 1 is named after a specific Bible passage that references the central theme of that particular episode.
: The character of Jillian Salvius was originally written as a man named Julian in the comics. The change was made to lean into the show’s feminist themes and avoid having an all-male cast of untrustworthy figures.