Hawaii Five-0 Trivia

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Michael Shanks auditioned for the role of Danno Williams. (imdb.com)

In the original series, Five-0's offices were purported to be on the second floor of the I'olani Palace, which in the late 60's to early 70's was in fact a state office building, but has since been restored as a royal residence museum. Five-0's offices for this series are depicted as being in Alii'olani Hale (right across the street), a state office building of similar architecture built in the 1870's which actually houses Hawaii's Supreme Court. (imdb.com)

Grace Park plays Kono, a role originally played by Zulu. This marks the second time Park has starred in a re-imagined television series playing a role originated by a man, the first being Boomer from the rebooted "Battlestar Galactica" (2004) series, a role played in the original by Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (imdb.com)

When CBS announced this series for the fall of 2010, they released the opening credits from the pilot online. They featured an electric guitar version of the classic theme, and it was met with mixed results. Producers revealed they hadn't decided whether or not to use it on a permanent basis, so they decided to stay with the classic. They brought in a full orchestra to re-record it, and three of the members had even played on the original. The electric guitar rendition of the Hawaii Five-O theme song was later used on promotional advertisements. (imdb.com)

The car the group is seen driving around in is a 2010/2011 Camaro LT with a V6 engine, the RS performance package, and police lights added to the front end. (imdb.com)

This is the second attempt to remake "Hawaii Five-O" (1968). The first had been the sequel Hawaii Five-O (1997), which featured Grace Park's Romeo Must Die (2000) costar Russell Wong. (imdb.com)