I also love behind-the-scenes facts. As such, I have gathered many fun BTS facts about teen shows over the years, and I am now willing to share my knowledge with the world.
Here are 57 teen show facts you may find fascinating!
1.Dawson's Creek had network TV's first gay kiss. In fact, when Greg Berlanti took over for Kevin Williamson as showrunner, including the kiss was one of the conditions he gave for accepting the job.
2.Euphoria is Angus Cloud's first acting role. He was discovered on the streets of New York.
3.It's also Hunter Schafer's first role. She had never acted before and had been planning a career in fashion.
4.The super-intense Euphoria fight scene between Rue and her mom — which became a focal point of Rue's special episode — was improvised by Zendaya and Nika King.
5.In Teen Wolf, Stiles' iconic "Don't be such a sour wolf" line was improvised by Dylan O'Brien.
6.Kristen Bell basically came up with Veronica's style in Veronica Mars all on her own.
7.And one of the reasons Hilary Duff got the role of Lizzie was her great outfits she wore to the auditions.
8.Speaking of fashion...Jenny's style on Gossip Girlchanged drastically because of the way star Taylor Momsen changed, adopting more of a punk rock style.
9.Raven-Symoné came up with her iconic "vision face" in That's So Raven with the help of her dad.
10.Raven is terrified of snakes and had a lot of issues filming Corey's birthday episode of That's So Raven, where she had to hold a snake.
11.One more That's So Raven fact: Raven and Lindsay Lohan were roommates while some of the show was filming.
12.Speaking of LiLo — she was in the running to play Lizzie on Lizzie McGuire.
13.The Lizzie McGuire bra-shopping episode was almost deemed too controversial.
14.And the “Prom-ises, Prom-ises" episode of Boy Meets World was actually deemed too controversial for Disney.
15.Same with the episode "If You Can’t Be With the One You Love.”
16.Another "banned" teen episode? The Degrassi: The Next Generation's “Accidents Will Happen.”
17.The Sex Education scene when Rahim clogs the bus toilet and puts his poop in a sock he throws out the window took 20 takes because everyone kept laughing.
18.Also, the "poop" was made of chocolate mousse and Weetabix — Asa Butterfield, aka Otis, tried some, calling it "alright."
19.When Topanga and Corey kissed on Boy Meets World, it was Ben Savage's first "official" kiss.
20.The whole storyline on Riverdale where Jughead "died" only happened 'cause Cole Sprouse was too cold to film a scene.
21.On the other hand, KJ Apa was so committed to the scene where he punched through ice to rescue Cheryl on Riverdale that he broke his hand.
22.After a traumatic experience as a kid, Madelaine Petsch became terrified of open bodies of water. When she auditioned for Riverdale, she had no idea she'd have to film so many scenes in or underwater — however, she said this helped her conquer her fear.
23.During Anya's heartbreaking monologue about death in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "The Body," Emma Caulfield said, the only thing she was thinking about was how much she had to go to the bathroom.
24.In Gilmore Girls, Alexis Bledel never actually drank coffee (she doesn't like the taste) — her coffee cups were filled with Coke instead.
25.To prank Miley, in the first kiss scene between her and Jake Ryan on Hannah Montana, the prop guy kept setting off a fart machine.
26.Shailene Woodley actually had kind of a lot of trouble playing Amy on The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
27.As did Blake Lively as Serena on Gossip Girl.
28.And Penn Badgley didn't approve of making Dan Gossip Girl.
29.It's long been rumored that much of the Glee cast also disliked being on the show, and that was essentially confirmed by stars Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz. McHale said he was the "last to break," revealing his breaking point was "What Does the Fox Say?"
30.Nick Jonas said the second season of Jonas was the JoBros' biggest regret.
31.In the opening credits of Victorious, Victoria Justice really did almost drop the gold mic. The shot made it in.
32.Sean Flynn had cut his iconic curly hair by the time he returned for the finale of Zoey 101 — so in the last episode, he's actually wearing a wig.
33.In the Zoey 101 episode "The Curse of PCA," the whole plot with Zoey with a bucket on her head was written because star Jamie Lynn Spears didn't have time to shoot all the scenes they needed her for. That's not even her under the bucket.
34.Sasha Pieterse, who played 15-year-old Alison, was only 12 when the pilot for Pretty Little Liars began shooting.
35.Bianca Lawson, in contrast, was 31 — she actually played a teenager for two decades.
36.Adam Brody bombed in his The O.C. audition, and show creator Josh Schwartz didn't want to cast him.
37.Chad Michael Murray could've played Ryan on The O.C. — he turned it down to play Lucas on basketball drama One Tree Hill instead.
41.The O.C. creator Schwartz feels bad for killing Marissa.
42.And Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Marti Noxon (who had taken over for Joss in Season 6) regrets killing off Tara.
43.Showrunner Kevin Williamson also wasn't sold on Pacey and Joey ending up together in Dawson's Creek.
44.He was also The Vampire Diaries' showrunner and wanted Elena and Stefan to end up together. Williamson told Deadline, “I always thought it would be Stefan and Elena. They were sort of the anchor of the show, but because we lost Elena in Season 6, we couldn’t go back."
45.Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley both wanted their characters to die at the end of The Vampire Diaries.
46.Nina Dobrev and Wesley actually didn't like each other when they started filming The Vampire Diaries, despite playing love interests.
47.Shanae Grimes and AnnaLynne McCord also famously didn't get along on the set of 90210. However, now they're friends, with McCord saying Grimes called her right when the show was ending, sad that it was over.
