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** The very first draft dealt with the protagonists heading off to basic training as opposed to war. Scott would give his WorldOfCardboardSpeech to everyone in the room, and convince the boys to get an ImportantHaircut afterwards. He himself would cut his own hair in the mirror.
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** The very first draft dealt with the protagonists heading off to basic training as opposed to war. Scott would give his WorldOfCardboardSpeech speech to everyone in the room, and convince the boys to get an ImportantHaircut afterwards. He himself would cut his own hair in the mirror.
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** Seth was a girl called Serena in early drafts, to be played by Tanita Sikes. When she dropped out, no replacement actresses could be found before the filming date. So the character was given a GenderFlip to become a boy.
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* ProductionPosse: Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend Arianna.
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* ProductionPosse: ProductionPosse:
** Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriendArianna.Arianna.
** Bobby Calloway and Kaireht Yovera also reunited with the original Vinnie (Thomas Sharkey) for the film ''Spears''.
** Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend
** Bobby Calloway and Kaireht Yovera also reunited with the original Vinnie (Thomas Sharkey) for the film ''Spears''.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The interviewees are shown with lavaliere microphones on. They're wearing them because heavy rain was drowning out the sound during those scenes, and it also made sense for them to wear them during interviews.
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** Vinnie and Ryan rent rooms in the Olsen house as a way of helping Scott and Shane keep it. Ryan's family also still live in England.
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** Vinnie and Ryan rent rooms in the Olsen house as a way of helping Scott and Shane keep it. Ryan's family also still live in England. This is why Ryan says "I know we're all here as well..."
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* CreatorBacklash: Robert Madden was embarrassed by his performance and apologised as a result.
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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor:
** Thomas Fitzgerald plays the goofball character (at least early on). In the Q&A video he's much calmer and more soft-spoken.
** James Healy is an inversion - being much livelier than his character.
** Thomas Fitzgerald plays the goofball character (at least early on). In the Q&A video he's much calmer and more soft-spoken.
** James Healy is an inversion - being much livelier than his character.
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** Louise likewise designed Sara's cheerleader costume herself.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Robert Madden is a vlogger and filmmaker like his character Seth.
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* DawsonCasting:
** Shane was written to be somewhere between late twenties and early thirties. Paul Sparkes was forty-one.
** Averted with Robert Madden (sixteen). In fact the character was originally college age.
** Shane was written to be somewhere between late twenties and early thirties. Paul Sparkes was forty-one.
** Averted with Robert Madden (sixteen). In fact the character was originally college age.
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** Additional home movies scenes of Shane decorating for the party and Sara arriving late (and the bottle of champagne Scott is seen with was a gift from her) were shot but deleted from the film. An alternate opening shot featuring Seth talking to the camera was considered but never filmed.
** Thomas Fitzgerald was originally going to use his own voice as Ryan. But when Thomas Sharkey dropped out, they needed to diversify the characters. James Healy tested for Vinnie with a FakeAmerican accent, but it was decided that Vinnie was best as an Irish character. Thomas Fitzgerald then made Ryan a FakeBrit.
** Thomas Fitzgerald was originally going to use his own voice as Ryan. But when Thomas Sharkey dropped out, they needed to diversify the characters. James Healy tested for Vinnie with a FakeAmerican accent, but it was decided that Vinnie was best as an Irish character. Thomas Fitzgerald then made Ryan a FakeBrit.
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** Bobby Calloway and Louise O'Toole show off their yoga skills.
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** Bobby Calloway and Louise O'Toole show shows off their her yoga skills.skills.
** Bobby Calloway does a series of lion push-ups and a crow pose on camera.
** Bobby Calloway does a series of lion push-ups and a crow pose on camera.
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Paul Sparkes and Kaireht Yovera play two of the non-action civilians - when they are avid fitness people in real life.
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** The above reason is also why Shane and Sara are in the back garden for the party scenes.
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** Only the soldiers had confessionals at first. Along the way, the decision was made to give them to Shane and Becky to flesh out their characters too.
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* ActorAllusion: Ryan telling Scott that family is important is a nod to their actors playing brothers in ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}''. There's also a screenshot from the film framed on Scott's windowsill.
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* ActorAllusion: A screenshot from ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}'' is framed on Scott's windowsill. What's more is that Ryan telling tells Scott that family "family is important is important" - as a nod to their actors playing brothers in ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}''. There's also a screenshot from the film framed on Scott's windowsill.''Aaron''.
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* CastingGag: In ''Aaron'', Bobby Calloway (British) had played an Irishman who lost his accent in England (but was filmed in Ireland). Thomas Fitzgerald is Irish, pretending to be English while it actually is in Ireland.
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* RealitySubtext: Ryan comforting Scott. Thomas Fitzgerald had done the same for Bobby Calloway during a bad bout of depression - brought on by the film's constant setbacks.
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** The Halloween party was mostly improvised. Zeff Lawless suggested having Ryan be passed out drunk and the group drunkenly singing "Stand By Me".
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* CreatorBreakdown: The film's TroubledProduction proved so stressful that it had to be shelved twice for the sake of Bobby Calloway's mental health.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The individual cutaways of each protagonist leaving the house in their fatigues came about because all four actors couldn't be together on the same days.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** The individual cutaways of each protagonist leaving the house in their fatigues came about because all four actors couldn't be together on the samedays.days.
** The scene where Shane looks around Scott's room the evening before was supposed to have Seth in there too. But filming ran over schedule and Robert Madden had to leave, so he was cut from the scene.
* RealitySubtext: Ryan comforting Scott. Thomas Fitzgerald had done the same for Bobby Calloway during a bad bout of depression - brought on by the film's constant setbacks.
** The individual cutaways of each protagonist leaving the house in their fatigues came about because all four actors couldn't be together on the same
** The scene where Shane looks around Scott's room the evening before was supposed to have Seth in there too. But filming ran over schedule and Robert Madden had to leave, so he was cut from the scene.
* RealitySubtext: Ryan comforting Scott. Thomas Fitzgerald had done the same for Bobby Calloway during a bad bout of depression - brought on by the film's constant setbacks.
* TroubledProduction: The film was first written in 2015 and not put into production until 2016. The first planned filming day had to be cancelled when there was a death in the family, and another actor had a sudden schedule conflict. Production was not picked up again until 2017 - which had to keep being pushed back to accommodate other actors' schedules. By the time it was shot, Thomas Fitzgerald and Louise O'Toole were the only cast members who hadn't been replaced.[[note]]The part of Vinnie in fact had to be recast twice.[[/note]] They were so short of crew members that at one point the sound was literally done by whoever didn't need to be in the scene. The filmmakers joked that the film was cursed.
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** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie.
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** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie. At one point he was nearly replaced as Ryan due to a schedule conflict too.
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* WordOfGod:
** Sara has no family of her own, and is a natural loner. She views the Olsens as something of a surrogate family.
** Vinnie and Ryan rent rooms in the Olsen house as a way of helping Scott and Shane keep it. Ryan's family also still live in England.
** Sara has no family of her own, and is a natural loner. She views the Olsens as something of a surrogate family.
** Vinnie and Ryan rent rooms in the Olsen house as a way of helping Scott and Shane keep it. Ryan's family also still live in England.
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* AwesomeDearBoy:
** Bobby Calloway wrote the film specifically because he wanted to play a soldier.
** James Healy had been a fan of war films and jumped at the chance to be in one.
** Bobby Calloway wrote the film specifically because he wanted to play a soldier.
** James Healy had been a fan of war films and jumped at the chance to be in one.
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* ScullyBox: Bobby Calloway had to stand on books when hugging Robert Madden in one of the last scenes - due to six inch height difference between them.
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* ScullyBox: Bobby Calloway had to stand on books when hugging Robert Madden in one of the last scenes - due to the six inch height difference between them.
** Bobby Calloway improvised Scott's "you spend your whole life speech", which was unscripted.
** The very first draft dealt with the protagonists heading off to basic training as opposed to war. Scott would give his WorldOfCardboardSpeech to everyone in the room, and convince the boys to get an ImportantHaircut afterwards. He himself would cut his own hair in the mirror.
** Bobby Calloway considered another character called Moose - who would be older than everyone and have a wife and children. The character was never included in the script, and any traits of his manifested in Sara's role as the TeamMom.
** Bobby Calloway considered another character called Moose - who would be older than everyone and have a wife and children. The character was never included in the script, and any traits of his manifested in Sara's role as the TeamMom.
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** Bobby Calloway wrote Scott to be bitter and cynical about his situation in life. But then he realised someone like Scott would be ThePollyanna who tried to make the best of everything.
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** Bobby Calloway wrote Scott to be bitter and cynical about his situation in life. But then he realised someone like Scott would be ThePollyanna who tried to make the best of everything.everything.
* WrittenByCastMember: Bobby Calloway wrote the film and played Scott.
* WrittenByCastMember: Bobby Calloway wrote the film and played Scott.
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** Paul Sparkes felt Shane wouldn't wear a costume to the party, so he's the only one not dressed for Halloween.
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* ProductionPosse: Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''Aaron'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend Arianna.
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* ProductionPosse: Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''Aaron'' ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend Arianna.Arianna.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The individual cutaways of each protagonist leaving the house in their fatigues came about because all four actors couldn't be together on the same days.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The individual cutaways of each protagonist leaving the house in their fatigues came about because all four actors couldn't be together on the same days.
** Paul Sparkes asked to leave the camera running during Shane's interview so he could ad-lib the "Scotty's a good kid" speech.
** Robert Madden had Seth playing with his phone during his scene with Scott because he was having trouble remembering the lines.
* {{Tuckerization}}:
** Vinnie and Ryan's last names come from Byron Hayes and Tanita Sikes, who had roles in the film (see below).
** Sara's last name comes from Wrestling/KateyHarvey.
** Robert Madden had Seth playing with his phone during his scene with Scott because he was having trouble remembering the lines.
* {{Tuckerization}}:
** Vinnie and Ryan's last names come from Byron Hayes and Tanita Sikes, who had roles in the film (see below).
** Sara's last name comes from Wrestling/KateyHarvey.
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** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie.
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** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie.Vinnie.
** Byron Hayes was cast as Shane and did months of preparation for it. He became too busy with other commitments and was replaced with Paul Sparkes.
** Bobby Calloway wrote Scott to be bitter and cynical about his situation in life. But then he realised someone like Scott would be ThePollyanna who tried to make the best of everything.
** Byron Hayes was cast as Shane and did months of preparation for it. He became too busy with other commitments and was replaced with Paul Sparkes.
** Bobby Calloway wrote Scott to be bitter and cynical about his situation in life. But then he realised someone like Scott would be ThePollyanna who tried to make the best of everything.
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* ActorAllusion: Ryan telling Scott that family is important is a nod to their actors playing brothers in ''{{WebVideo/Aaron}}''. There's also a screenshot from the film framed on Scott's windowsill.
* ActorInspiredElement: Quite a lot.
** James Healy and Kaireht Yovera improvised that Vinnie and Becky weren't together at the Halloween party and fell in love that night.
** Becky's character overall was greatly expanded by Kaireht Yovera, who largely improvised her ConfessionCam segment.
** Ryan was written to be a FormerlyFat guy who is constantly underestimated. Thomas Fitzgerald made him into more of a goofball who has trouble being taken seriously.
** Sara being a yogi was written to accommodate Louise O'Toole.
* TheCastShowOff:
** Thomas Fitzgerald and James Healy show off their weightlifting prowess.
** Bobby Calloway and Louise O'Toole show off their yoga skills.
* CastingGag: In ''Aaron'', Bobby Calloway (British) had played an Irishman who lost his accent in England (but was filmed in Ireland). Thomas Fitzgerald is Irish, pretending to be English while it actually is in Ireland.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and James Healy all got military haircuts. The latter two also shaved their beards.
** When Thomas Sharkey was on board, he had his hair cut on camera.
* FakeAmerican: Bobby Calloway (Scott) and Paul Sparkes (Shane) are British, Robert Madden (Seth) is Irish.
* FakeBrit: Thomas Fitzgerald (Ryan) is Irish putting on an English accent. He does have English roots however.
* TheOtherMarty: Thomas Sharkey was cast as Vinnie and filmed some scenes but had to drop out, getting replaced with James Healy.
* ProductionPosse: Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''Aaron'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend Arianna.
* ScullyBox: Bobby Calloway had to stand on books when hugging Robert Madden in one of the last scenes - due to six inch height difference between them.
* ThrowItIn:
** Becky's stance as a DrillSergeantNasty during the TrainingMontage was improvised by Kaireht Yovera.
** Vinnie and Becky's break-up was not in the original script. They set the cameras up and had the actors improvise an argument.
** Ryan's father was scripted to just say a grudging "good luck". Thomas Fitzgerald ad-libbed him saying he was proud on the first take, and they kept it in.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Seth was a girl called Serena in early drafts, to be played by Tanita Sikes. When she dropped out, no replacement actresses could be found before the filming date. So the character was given a GenderFlip to become a boy.
** In early drafts Vinnie was more of an intelligence officer and NonActionGuy. TheBigGuy role was filled by a fifth soldier called Aiden. Finding him redundant, the character was cut and his traits shared among the rest of the protagonists.
** Becky didn't exist in the first draft of the script.
** James Healy was a last minute replacement for another actor who had a scheduling conflict. The original actor [[ApprovalOfGod later said James was "better than I could hope to be"]].
** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie.
* ActorInspiredElement: Quite a lot.
** James Healy and Kaireht Yovera improvised that Vinnie and Becky weren't together at the Halloween party and fell in love that night.
** Becky's character overall was greatly expanded by Kaireht Yovera, who largely improvised her ConfessionCam segment.
** Ryan was written to be a FormerlyFat guy who is constantly underestimated. Thomas Fitzgerald made him into more of a goofball who has trouble being taken seriously.
** Sara being a yogi was written to accommodate Louise O'Toole.
* TheCastShowOff:
** Thomas Fitzgerald and James Healy show off their weightlifting prowess.
** Bobby Calloway and Louise O'Toole show off their yoga skills.
* CastingGag: In ''Aaron'', Bobby Calloway (British) had played an Irishman who lost his accent in England (but was filmed in Ireland). Thomas Fitzgerald is Irish, pretending to be English while it actually is in Ireland.
* DyeingForYourArt:
** Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and James Healy all got military haircuts. The latter two also shaved their beards.
** When Thomas Sharkey was on board, he had his hair cut on camera.
* FakeAmerican: Bobby Calloway (Scott) and Paul Sparkes (Shane) are British, Robert Madden (Seth) is Irish.
* FakeBrit: Thomas Fitzgerald (Ryan) is Irish putting on an English accent. He does have English roots however.
* TheOtherMarty: Thomas Sharkey was cast as Vinnie and filmed some scenes but had to drop out, getting replaced with James Healy.
* ProductionPosse: Bobby Calloway, Thomas Fitzgerald and Zeff Lawless had all worked on ''Aaron'' together. Kaireht Yovera's picture had also been used in the same film as Adam's girlfriend Arianna.
* ScullyBox: Bobby Calloway had to stand on books when hugging Robert Madden in one of the last scenes - due to six inch height difference between them.
* ThrowItIn:
** Becky's stance as a DrillSergeantNasty during the TrainingMontage was improvised by Kaireht Yovera.
** Vinnie and Becky's break-up was not in the original script. They set the cameras up and had the actors improvise an argument.
** Ryan's father was scripted to just say a grudging "good luck". Thomas Fitzgerald ad-libbed him saying he was proud on the first take, and they kept it in.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Seth was a girl called Serena in early drafts, to be played by Tanita Sikes. When she dropped out, no replacement actresses could be found before the filming date. So the character was given a GenderFlip to become a boy.
** In early drafts Vinnie was more of an intelligence officer and NonActionGuy. TheBigGuy role was filled by a fifth soldier called Aiden. Finding him redundant, the character was cut and his traits shared among the rest of the protagonists.
** Becky didn't exist in the first draft of the script.
** James Healy was a last minute replacement for another actor who had a scheduling conflict. The original actor [[ApprovalOfGod later said James was "better than I could hope to be"]].
** Thomas Fitzgerald was cast as Vinnie initially but it got changed to Ryan to avoid playing a character too similar to ''Aaron''. When Thomas Sharkey dropped out, he was nearly cast as the replacement Vinnie.
