You know, my headcanon is that they only named her "Bandora" because Machiko Soga had *already* portrayed a main villain named "Queen Pandora" a few years prior.

Hey, we got those in Brazil as well!

He was initially cast, but was arrested for Marijuana possession, so he was recast to Masashi Ishibashi and all his scenes were reshot, except for 2 episodes where it was on location so it would be too expensive.