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- Mark Ruffalo’s first scene was the “Thriller” dance sequence. He was terrified of doing the scene, but Jennifer Garner’s enthusiasm was “very infectious”. Andy Serkis had to rehearse the scene separately from everybody else because he was in London at the time.
- Jennifer Garner was very happy with the studio’s choice of Christa B. Allen to play the young Jenna Rink. She felt Allen really embodied her at that age, and later got the producers of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) to cast Allen in a similar role.
- When 13-year-old Jenna Rink goes into the closet for “seven minutes of heaven”, you can see actual photos of Jennifer Garner as a child on the back of the door.
- The slumber party scene was forced upon director Gary Winick at the producers’ insistence, over his strenuous objections. He felt it cut away from the Jenna and Matt romance, which was the real crux of the film. But while watching the Blu-ray director’s commentary, he felt this was one of the best scenes in the film.
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