* DawsonCasting: Averted, Creator/KristenStewart was a teenager when this was filmed.
* DyeingForYourArt: For her role as a runaway teenage stripper, Creator/KristenStewart learned how to pole dance, deprived herself of sleep, chain-smoked, and ate mostly junk food. As a result her body and legs were covered with bruises, her skin was blemished, and she constantly looked tired.
* EnforcedMethodActing: ''Welcome to the Rileys'' was Creator/KristenStewart's first film after turning eighteen, and thus the first project where she didn't have guardians or tutors with her. She felt that added to her performance as a runaway living alone.
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