- Acclaimed Flop: Despite barely making its budget only once over (which wasn't enough to turn a profit), the film was met with critical acclaim, scoring a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Actor-Shared Background: Amandla Stenberg is an outspoken activist like Starr.
- Approval of God: Although there was some initial backlash, since Amandla Stenberg is biracial, unlike Starr, and noticeably lighter-skinned than the girl on the book covernote , Angie Thomas greatly approved of the casting. In fact, when Stenberg called her and said she'd step down if Thomas didn't think she was right for the part, Thomas replied, "Hell no! I wrote this book with you in mind."
- California Doubling: The film is set in Jackson, Mississippi and was filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Creator-Chosen Casting: While it's unclear how much (if any) say she got in the actual casting, Angie Thomas told Amandla Stenberg that she wrote the character of Starr with her in mind after she was cast in the film adaptation.
- Creator Killer: Disney, following their acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox, cited this film’s financial underperformance as part of their rationale for shuttering the Fox 2000 studio, a move that resulted in the next Angie Thomas adaptation On the Come Up changing hands to Paramount.
- Fake American: KJ Apa is from New Zealand.
- Role-Ending Misdemeanor: Kian Lawley, the original actor for Starr's boyfriend Chris, was fired from the film after a video of him making extremely racist comments surfaced. The role was recast with KJ Apa as Chris.
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