Trivia
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon · starring Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke
- 9 facts
- 2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl: trivia
All 9 facts
- 1
The scenes shot in Greg's house are actually in the author's childhood house.
- 2
Olivia Cooke actually shaved her head for the role of Rachel
- 3
The film was acquired by Fox Searchlight for $12 million dollars at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. This was the biggest buy in Sundance history.
- 4
The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2012 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.
- 5
This is Olivia Cooke's first regular film not having to do with Sci-Fi or Horror.
- 6
RJ Cyler's first film.
- 7
Emma Roberts was considered for the lead role
- 8
The main character (Greg) is played by Thomas Mann. Thomas Mann is also the name of a German author who wrote Death in Venice, the book behind one of the movies Greg and Earl made a spoof of.
- 9
There are several movie references in this film including a Night of the Living Dead poster in the video store and a Dawn of the Dead patch on Greg's Jacket.