Trivia / Tragedy Girls

• Dawson Casting: Downplayed with Brianna Hildebrand, who was twenty playing eighteen, but played straight with Alexandra Shipp (twenty-five), Josh Hutcherson, and Jack Quaid (both twenty-four). Savannah Jayde is a borderline case, being about twenty-one at the time.
• Playing Against Type: Josh Hutcherson, usually cast as sensitive Nice Guys, here plays a motorcycle-riding douchebag.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Sadie and McKayla, the titular duo, were strongly implied to have a mutual attraction given just how close they are. They are played by Brianna Hildebrand and Alexandra Shipp respectively. Both actresses are LGBT+, although Shipp only came out later.

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