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Richard Linklater cast his daughter Lorelei Linklater as Samantha because she always sang and danced around the house and wanted to be in his movies. At about the third or fourth year of filming, she lost interest and asked for her character to be killed. Linklater refused, saying it was too violent for his planning (Lorelei eventually regained her enthusiasm and continued with the project).

When Mason Jr. and his stepbrother are playing Halo 2, although the scene is shot as a single uninterrupted game, the map changes every time the TV screen is shown.

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Kate Hudson/Ellar Coltrane/Nico and Vinz (2014)