Right from Beverly Hills 's opening credits- where fans are introduced to a group of gorgeous and sophisticated teenagers, who are in close contact with each other- it is easy to get the feeling and perhaps a glimpse into the future, of how influential the show would be on popular culture.
On another note, the closeness of the token teenagers attending a fictionalized version of Beverly Hills High could be seen as a metaphor for the behind-the-scenes happenings on set of the series. The behind-the-scenes antics of Beverly Hills could be seen in a similar dramatic fashion to the storylines being written for the show's scripts.
Shannen Doherty, who played the show's first 'bad girl ,' almost became more known in the public eye for her reputation behind the camera than her on-screen performance. Doherty's castmate Brian Austin Green , who portrayed signature good-guy David Silver, and Tiffani Thiessen , who joined the cast during the series' fifth season as Doherty's replacement after she was let go from the cast, know this idea to be true! Unbeknownst to some of the crew, Brian Austin Green and Tiffani Thiessen had begun dating off-camera.
Bringing Thiessen into his fictional world often ruled by love triangles and the effortless ability of some characters to tell a lie without a second thought, wasn't the easiest transition for Green.
He was not very keen on the idea of his real-life flame getting intimate with her co-stars; According to Charles Rosin , the man responsible for being the series' executive producer, watching Thiessen on-screen was "Very hard for Brian.
