History Trivia / TheHateUGive

* FakeMixedRace: Inverted. Amandla Stenberg is half-white, half-black, while Starr has two black parents.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Given the story's subject matter, this is darkly ironic. The role was recast with KJ Apa as Chris.

* AcclaimedFlop: 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.

* ToughActToFollow: The book's SpiritualSequel ''On the Come Up'', which takes place in the same fictional neighborhood but has new main characters, debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller, just like ''The Hate U Give'' did. But it was knocked from its #1 spot on its third week by ''The Hate U Give'' (which had been out for over two years by that point). In October 2019, ''On the Come Up'' had dropped off the bestseller list, and its time on the list overall was shorter than the time that ''The Hate U Give'' has spent on the top of the list.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Justified, given the story's subject matter. The role was recast with KJ Apa as Chris.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Justified, given the story's subject matter. The role has since been re-casted with KJ Apa as Chris.

* ToughActToFollow: The SpiritualSequel ''On the Come Up'', which takes place in the same fictional neighborhood but has new main characters, debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller, just like ''The Hate U Give'' did. But it was knocked from its #1 spot on its third week by ''The Hate U Give'' (which had been out for over two years by that point). At the time of writing it's been three months since then, and ''On the Come Up'' is still below ''The Hate U Give.''

* CreatorKiller: Creator/{{Disney}}, following their acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox, cited this film’s financial underperformance as part of their rationale for shuttering the [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox 2000]] studio, resulting in next Angie Thomas adaptation ''On the Come Up'' being [[ChannelHop changing hands]] to Creator/{{Paramount}}.

* CreatorKiller: Creator/{{Disney}}, following their acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox, cited this film’s financial underperformance as part of their rationale for shuttering the [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox Fox 2000]] studio, though they did allow production to proceed on the next Angie Thomas adaptation ''On the Come Up'' due to it already being well into development.

* ToughActToFollow: The SpiritualSequel ''On the Come Up'', which takes place in the same neighborhood but has new main characters, debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller, just like ''The Hate U Give'' did. But it dropped to second place on its third week on the list, and didn't get back up again. The name of the book that knocked it from the top spot? ''The Hate U Give'', which had been out for over two years by that point.

* CreatorKiller: Creator/{{Disney}}, following their acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox, cited this film’s financial underperformance as part of their rationale for shuttering the [[Creator/20thCenturyFox Fox 2000]] studio, though they did allow production to proceed on the next Angie Thomas adaptation ''On the Come Up'' due to it already being well into development.

* ApprovalOfGod: Although there was some initial backlash, since Creator/AmandlaStenberg is biracial, unlike Starr, and noticeably lighter-skinned than the girl on the book cover, 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."

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite barely making it's budget only once over, the film was met with critical acclaim, scoring a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Justified, given the story's subject matter. The role has since been re-casted with KJ Apa as Chris

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Probably for the best, given the story's subject matter. The role has since been re-casted with KJ Apa as Chris

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Probably for the best, given the story's subject matter. The role has since been re-casted with [[Series/Riverdale KJ Apa]] as Chris.

* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: 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. Probably for the best, given the story's subject matter. Sources say Chris will be recast and scenes will be reshot as needed.