A world wide casting call was put out for the role of Jodi, calling females with a height of 5'10" and over to submit a video audition.
Lead actress Ava Michelle, who plays Jodi, is 6' 1.5" tall.
The high school is named after Ruby Bridges. She was the first black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation 'crisis' in 1960.
The book Jodi is reading in her room is "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt.
Stig complains about "Ingvar Krueger" being the ultimate swede but Krueger is not a Swedish surname, it's German.