Delilah & Julius

Did You Know?

• The pilot episode was reviewed by the Edmonton Journal and The Sydney Morning Herald.
• Kidscreen compared the show to Totally Spies! but with a more sophisticated sense of humor focused on relationship-building.
• The full series has been released on CraveTV.

Characters

Delilah and Julius are depicted as multi-talented individuals: gifted musicians, masters of disguise, martial arts experts, and fluent in 20 languages. They work professionally as a team, though their relationship sometimes carries romantic undertones. Delilah Devinshire, voiced by Marieve Herington, has a determined personality and a strong commitment to truth, which often gets her into trouble. Her spy parents went missing when she was five and are presumed dead, but Delilah does not believe this and seeks to disprove rumors they were double agents.

She values her partnership with Julius and becomes jealous when he flirts with other girls, especially Ice. Delilah prefers to break opponents from the inside out, getting inside their heads, and enjoys new challenges. She is strong-willed, inventive, resourceful, quick-thinking, and graceful, with experience in fencing, etiquette, and explosives. Julius Chevalier, voiced by Fabrizio Filippo, is often flippant but determined and passionate about crime-fighting.

Where Delilah is goal-oriented, Julius is more spontaneous, dealing with situations as they happen while finding time for fun. He enjoys surfing, poetry, safe cracking, and yoga. His parents were killed in action when he was four, and he wishes to avenge their deaths, comforted that they were considered two of the greatest spies. Julius is laid-back and cocky, allowing him to act on the fly and stay cool in danger, though he can be careless in calm moments.

He has a good sense of humor and is intuitive toward Delilah's needs. Beneath a nonchalant exterior, he is sensitive and caring, especially toward Delilah, often trying to impress her and becoming jealous when she shows interest in other boys.

Cast

While the full voice cast for Delilah & Julius remains unclear, several performers are confirmed to have participated. These include Denis Akiyama, Linda Ballantyne, Scott Beaudin, Robert Bockstael, Justin Bradley, Benedict Campbell, Drew Coombs, Neil Crone, Stacey DePass, Carlos Diaz, Novie Edwards, James Gallanders, Janet-Laine Green, Katie Griffin, Jamie Gutfreund, Tim Hamaguchi, Tracey Hoyt, Randy Hughson, C. David Johnson, Brittany Kay, Kim Kuhteubl, Julie Lemieux, Scott McCord, Marnie McPhail, Stephanie Anne Mills, Al Mukadam, Noah Plener, Jeff Pustil, Adam Reid, Andrew Sabiston, Tyrone Savage, Alison Sealy-Smith, Colette Stevenson, Susan Quinn, Rachel Wilson, Danny Wells, Maurice Dean Wint, and Noam Zylberman.

Production

The series was first developed in early 2002, with an initial budget of $200,000 to $300,000 per episode for a planned 13-episode run. It was originally pitched to teenage girls, featuring a wealthy husband-and-wife duo who combined brains and brawn. By 2005, the first season had grown to 26 episodes with a $1.2 million budget. The show's premise then shifted to the title characters battling crimes of conformity across the globe.