Here Are 25 Behind-The-Scenes Facts For Anyone Who's Obsessed With Netflix Rom-Coms

    Glen Powell's real-life grandmother actually appeared in Set It Up.

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    by Nora Dominick

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    1. First, The Kissing Booth was originally posted on WattPad in 2011 when author Beth Reekles was only 15 years old.

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    2. To prepare for Elle and Lee's epic dancing skills, Joey King and Joel Courtney danced for three hours a day before production began on The Kissing Booth.

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    3. During the first day of filming, Joel Courtney actually split his chin open on the door of the Mustang and had to get stitches.

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    Joey King told Seventeen that if you look closely you can spot a tiny bandage on Joel's chin in certain scenes.

    4. The first time Joey King and Jacob Elordi kissed was actually in the director's office while rehearsing — Joey said that she even hit Jacob in the face a few times.

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    In an interview with Seventeen, Joey said she was so nervous to kiss Jacob for the first time. She said, "He was nervous. I was nervous. It all worked out, but it was hilarious because I was in a small square office, trying to figure out how to run up to him and grab his face and kiss him."

    5. The cast of The Kissing Booth watched Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off on set in order to better understand the rom-com vibe.

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    Jacob Elordi told the LA Times watching those movies helped them realize how important uplifting and fun stories are. He said, "I feel like everyone is trying to be edgy and dark all the time, and this kind of just proves that kids still want to be kids and dream a little bit, as opposed to feeling [bad] about themselves all the time."

    6. During the pizza scene in Set It Up, Zoey Deutch ended up eating four large pizzas during filming.

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    In an interview with Hello Giggle, Zoey said that Glen Powell paced himself while eating, but she really committed and eventually vomitted after the scene wrapped.

    7. Glen Powell's real-life grandmother was actually in the Yankee Stadium scene in Set It Up.

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    Glen told Vanity Fair that the scene with his grandma in Yankee Stadium was actually the most challenging scene to film for him, just because he wanted to make her proud.

    8. As soon as they met on the set of Everybody Wants Some, Glenn Powell and Zoey Deutch wanted to star in a rom-com together.

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    Zoey told HelloGiggle, "Our energy was inherently nightmarish in-person, but we could tell that maybe it would translate on the screen, that our banter and our weird sort of relationship would translate. We just knew it."

    9. In order to understand the life of an assistant, Powell worked as his agent's assistant for a few days answering phones.

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    Both Glen and Zoey Deutch interviewed assistants and asked about their horror stories.

    10. Noah Centineo improvised two iconic scenes from To All the Boys I've Loved Before: saving the popcorn before the pillow fight and spinning Lara Jean in the cafeteria.

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    11. Noah Centineo was almost cast as Josh Sanderson instead of Peter Kavinsky.

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    In an interview with IndieWire, director Susan Johnson said, "I initially was thinking of Noah for Josh, because I thought, ‘Oh, he seems like boy next door,’ but then once I saw Lana and Noah’s chemistry I knew we had to go that direction."

    12. The scene where Chris and Lara Jean walk into the ski lodge and discuss the concert that Chris went to was completely ad-libbed by Lana Condor and Madeleine Arthur.

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    13. Lara Jean's lockscreen pic is actually a photo of Noah Centineo and Lana Condor just sleeping next to each other on set.

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    Director Susan Johnson told ET Online, "They actually were sleeping on the couch in that room like that, so we just stood over them and took that picture and it’s so friggin’ cute."

    14. Noah Centineo filmed Sierra Burgess Is A Loser and To All the Boys I've Loved Before only 12 weeks a part.

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    15. During the scenes where Sierra and Jamey are on the phone or texting in Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, Shanon Purser and Noah Centineo were actually texting and talking to each other, just in separate rooms.

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    16. Like Father was the film Kristen Bell and the crew were supposed to begin filming when Hurricane Irma hit. They were forced to seek shelter in Disney World.

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    Of course, Kristen Bell documented her time in Disney World and at the surrounding hurricane shelters on her Instagram.

    17. Before she signed on to direct Like Father, Lauren Miller Rogen was only sending the script to female directors.

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    In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lauren said, "I had worked hard, when I was writing the script, to create what I hoped was an authentic female character, a three-dimensional character who felt like a real woman. And it was really important to me that a woman be at the helm telling this story and bringing it to life."

    18. Writer and director Lauren Miller Rogen based Like Father off of her own emotional family experiences.

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    In an interview with IndieWire, Lauren said that her mother being diagnosed with Alzheimer's provided the "emotional foundation" for the film. She said, "I needed to deal with my emotions and was just working really slowly because I had so much going on in my life."

    19. In When We First Met, when Avery and Carrie are yelling at Noah because they think he's a stalker, Alexandra Daddario and Shelley Hennig actually improvised everything they yelled.

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    20. It took Alex Strangelove 10 years to find a studio that was willing to make the film.

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    Writer and director Craig Johnson said, "The problem was that I didn’t have any roles for movie stars. People would say, 'We love this. We get it. The conflict being a kid struggling with his sexuality. But it being a fun high-school sex comedy. Could you re-write it? Beef up a role for a teacher and then we will be off to the races."

    21. Before starring together in Alex Strangelove, Daniel Doheny and Antonio Marziale actually met while working on an episode of Supernatural.

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    22. The evolution of Juliet's fashion in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was very important for Lily James. The outfits helped it feel like a different period film.

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    In an interview with Glamour UK, Lily said, "The trousers that Juliet wears when she gets to the island were very important to me...You don't often see women who had the chance to wear trousers, so it felt really important to me."

    23. In fact, the pants Juliet wears were once worn by Cate Blanchett.

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    Lily told Glamour UK, "They were also trousers that Cate Blanchett once wore. They were from Angel's, where you go to try on all these costumes, so this was like a good luck omen!"

    24. Certain scenes from A Christmas Prince were actually filmed in Peles Castle in Romania.

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    You can actually book a trip to the castle!

    25. Finally, all of the club scenes in Ibiza were actually filmed in real clubs that were filled with thousands of extras.

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