 In the series' un-aired pilot, Julia was one of only two Russo children, alongside her brother Jordan.Julia and Jordan were originally intended to be twin sister and brother until Julia was re-written into the second-born of three Russo siblings.Greenwald explained that Jordan's name was first changed to Justin to avoid confusion with the "Nickelodeon" show "Just Jordan", thus also changing Julia's name to Alex because he felt that it "wouldn’t have been fair [to my son]".