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1	* BillingDisplacement: Katie Chang is billed before Israel Broussard, despite Marc being more prominent than Rebecca.
2	* DawsonCasting: Averted, with the exception of Creator/EmmaWatson, who is in her early 20s; the actors playing the other members of the Bling Ring are in their teens (and Katie Chang was only 16 when the movie was shot).
3	* DisownedAdaptation: Alexis Neiers slammed the film for inaccuracies.
4	* DuelingMovies: This movie had the unfortunate situation of being released at the same time with ''Film/SpringBreakers'', another movie that shows the moral decays of teenage girls; that movie ended up doing better critically. Both were also released by Creator/{{A24}}.
5	* EnforcedMethodActing:
6	** Sofia Coppola got the actors playing the teens to fake-burgle a house before filming and see what mistakes they would make.
7	** Emma Watson listened to Music/BritneySpears's ''Femme Fatale'' album over and over to get into the mindset for her character.
8	** Israel Broussard watched ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians'' and ''Fashion Police'' to get into character.
9	* FakeAmerican: The English Emma Watson as Nicki.
10	* OneBookAuthor: Claire Julien who plays Chloe has just one short and a tiny part in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' to her resume aside from this, and has not acted since.
11	* PlayingAgainstType:
12	** At the time of the film's production, Creator/EmmaWatson was primarily known for playing the BrainyBrunette character of Hermione Granger in ''Film/HarryPotter'', and an assortment of good-natured [[TheWoobie woobies]] in other roles (''Literature/BalletShoes'', ''{{Film/Noah}}'', ''Literature/ThePerksOfBeingAWallflower'', etc). Here, she plays a vapid ditz who steals, smokes and drinks.
13	** Creator/SofiaCoppola ''doesn't'' go against type here, but rather just does the inverse of some of her other films. Whilst Film/{{Marie Antoinette\|2006}} cannot cope with the attention she receives, and [[Film/LostInTranslation Bob Harris]] cannot cope having lost people's attention, the teenagers (especially Nicki) desperately ''want'' the attention and fame of celebrity.
14	* PromotedFanboy: Emma Watson was a big fan of director Sofia Coppola.
15	* ThrowItIn:
16	** Creator/KirstenDunst made an unplanned visit to the set to say hi to Sofia Coppola, and she was then given an unscripted cameo.
17	** The scene where Marc dances in front of the webcam only came about because Sofia Coppola found a video of Nic Prugo doing the same.
18	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Sofia Coppola considered cutting TheOner of the burglary in the glass house. She was persuaded to keep it in, and it became the most celebrated shot of the film.
19	* WinBackTheCrowd: ''The Bling Ring'' helped Sofia Coppola begin to return to some degree of respectability after ''Film/MarieAntoinette2006''.

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