Trivia / My Animal

• Actor-Shared Background: Jonny it turns out is biracial, having a white father and a clearly black mother (though she's not seen-it turns out that her mom's dead). Amandla Stenberg, who plays Jonny, has the exact same parentage.
• Fake Nationality: Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Amandla Stenberg, both Americans, play Canadians.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Heather (Bobbi Salvör Menuez) falls for Jonny (Amandla Stenberg). Menuez is nonbinary and also pansexual. Stenberg too is nonbinary and a lesbian.
• Produced by Cast Member: Bobbi Salvör Menuez and Amandla Stenberg, who play the protagonists, are also executive producers on the film.
• What Could Have Been: According to an interview with director Jaqueline Castel, she was considering having the movie end with a Time Skip where Heather and Jonny indeed got back together, but ultimately decided to leave things more open with the "Ray of Hope" Ending the final product has.