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Ice Princess
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- #001
Michelle Trachtenberg had never skated before. She learned professional figure skating in 10 months for this film.
- #002
Both the mother and daughter relationships share the same birthdays, though the actresses were born in different years. August 21: Kim Cattrall was born in 1956 and Hayden Panettiere in 1989. October 11: Joan Cusack was born in 1962 and Michelle Trachtenberg in 1985.
- #003
The name "Tina Harwood" is a reference to Tonya Harding. In the film, Tina tries to rise to the top by injuring another skater; similarly, Tonya was accused of involvement in the attack on fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.
- #004
Although the film was not a big success in theaters, its DVD/Blu-ray sells extremely well at ice rinks around the world. It has also become a permanent favorite of Christmas TV because of its winter themes.
- #005
The "pond" Casey skates on is actually a custom-built ice rink (constructed by Custom Ice Inc.).
- #006
The film was shot in twelve weeks.
- #007
The film had a deleted scene featuring a younger version of Casey.
- #008
The production team kept adding sequins to the front of the skating dress Michelle Trachtenberg wears in the final routine, as it was considered too revealing.
- #009
Although this theatrical film was not really regarded as star-making material for Hayden Panettiere, she performs the song "I Fly" as the final number in the film's closing section.
- #010
Joan Cusack and Hayden Panettiere appeared in Raising Helen (2004) from Disney's sister studio Touchstone Pictures.
- #011
The song Casey and her "snowplow" class perform during their recitals is Lucy Woodward's "It's Oh So Quiet".
- #012
In one of the film's early scenes, Casey is believed to be spying on the other figure skaters. To prove to Tina and Teddy that she isn't, she says she has a notebook, and after looking at it Teddy jokingly says it is spy code. Nine years before this film was released, Michelle Trachtenberg starred in Harriet the Spy (1996), in which she watches other people and writes things about them.
- #013
This is the second Disney film Michelle Trachtenberg made since Inspector Gadget (1999).
- #014
Rachel McAdams was considered for the role of Casey.
- #015
Michelle Trachtenberg and co-star Martha MacIsaac share the same birthday: October 11.
- #016
The film opens with the 2000-2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo in an Ice Princess variant, but closes with the 1990-2006 logo.
- #017
The music in Zoe Bloch's long program is Britney Spears' "Toxic". The music in Nikki Fletcher's short program is Jacques Offenbach's "Galop Infernal (Can-can)". The music in Gen Harwood's short program is Antonio Vivaldi's "Storm".
- #018
Nicole Kidman was considered for the role of Tina.
- #019
This is Hayden Panettiere's fifth Disney film, after A Bug's Life (1998), Dinosaur (2000), Remember the Titans (2000) and Tiger Cruise (2004).
- #020
Michelle Trachtenberg's back-to-back photo on the film's posters resembles Donna Wilkes' back-to-back photo on the posters for Angel (1984).
- #021
When Gen Harwood and Ann hug and bounce up and down… pause… and resume, it is a callback to Hayden Panettiere's role as Sheryl Yoast in Remember the Titans (2000), where Sheryl hugs Nicky Boone and bounces up and down.
- #022
In the original screenplay, after their argument, Tina approached Casey to offer to be her coach and take her out to lunch. In the final version, this is reversed: Casey takes the initiative and suggests that Tina take her on as a student.
- #023
It is Disney's 198th live-action film.
- #024
During the skating finals, Nikki Fletcher skates to Henry Mancini's Pink Panther theme. Apparently the film's composer, Christophe Beck, would go on to compose the music for The Pink Panther (2006) a year after this film's release.
- #025
The film does not explicitly state what happened to Casey's father, but it is possible that he either passed away or divorced Casey's mother.
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