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TIL that when Brooklyn Nine Nine started, Melissa Fumero and Stephanie Beatriz feared that one of them would eventually be fired as it was unusual at the time to cast two Latinas in main roles. As a result they tried to make their characters' appearances as distinct as possible.

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