Trivia / Status Update

• Casting Gag: Ross Lynch and Olivia Holt are former Disney Channel stars starring in a Disney Channel-esque movie. Gregg Sulkin also played Alex Russo's love interest for a while.
• Dawson Casting: Ross Lynch is definitely older than he looks; he was 21 during filming, but plays a 17-year old teenager.
• Homage: Asylum Entertainment bought the pitch for Status Update from 17 Again (2009) writer Jason Filardi, hence the similarities between the two films.
• Romance on the Set: Ross Lynch and Courtney Eaton were dating in real life during the filming for the movie.
• Throw It In!: According to Ross Lynch, although the film "had a great script", the cast of actors, "really had the freedom to improvise", which can be seen in the movie.

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