One of the gymnasts asks "Who died and named you Nadia?" This is a reference to gymnast Nadia Comaneci who later appears as herself in the film.
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Originally there were to be two sisters on the team played by Courtney and Kim Hirose, but Kim decided her senior year of high school would be more important so the sister characters were removed.
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In the movie, Haley says she got her GED when she was 15. In real life, John Patrick Amedori graduated high school at age 15. (Voui?...euh quel rapport?)
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Missy Elliott's video for the movie, "We Run This," won a 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects.