FILM · 2019 · USA

Five Feet Apart

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1. #001

   The film partnered with the Claire's Place Foundation, a charity that provides emotional and financial support to families battling cystic fibrosis. The cast and director worked closely together to portray cystic fibrosis accurately in the film.

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2. #002

   The film ends with Will leaving Stella after receiving his new lungs, ensuring she is protected from his germs. In the book, Will and Stella meet at an airport a few months later; Stella looks much healthier, while Will's condition remains the same.

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3. #003

   Claire Wineland worked closely with the leads to perfect their portrayals of cystic fibrosis patients. Claire died in September 2018 after suffering a stroke shortly following a successful lung transplant.

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4. #004

   Most of Will's artwork was drawn by Caesar Meadows, a New Orleans-based graphic artist known for the local comic strip Mumbeaux Gumbo.

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5. #005

   In the trailer you see Will and Stella standing on the street, facing each other and smiling. This is not in the film, but it is the end of the alternative ending.

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6. #006

   A year after the film's release, the "six-foot rule" became a universal guideline because of the COVID-19 pandemic and was commonly known as "social distancing."

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7. #007

   Cole Sprouse shot this film during the break between seasons 2 and 3 of The CW show Riverdale (2017).

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8. #008

   Julie and her baby are played by director Justin Baldoni's real-life wife and son, Emily Baldoni and Maxwell Baldoni.

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9. #009

   Director Justin Baldoni played the fencing instructor Diego in "Foiled Again," season 3, episode 17 of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Cole Sprouse played Cody Martin on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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10. #010

    Both Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson changed their diets to closely reflect what CF patients eat, so that they would both lose weight and look as skinny as CF patients.

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11. #011

    Cole Sprouse and Moises Arias both appeared on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Cole played Cody Martin, while Moises Arias played Randall in season 2, episode 3.

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12. #012

    Stella and Poe wear gloves while eating donuts in the atrium, but they touch them. You wear gloves so that germs from the outside world don't get into your system.

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