FILM · 2016
Nerve
22 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
Emma Roberts turned down the role of Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad (2016) in order to make this film.
- #002
When Vee and Sydney say goodbye to each other, they touch their own noses. This references an element of the book in which Sydney and Vee learn the sign language alphabet to communicate with each other in secret.
- #003
When Vee enters the store to try on the dress, the man in the store says "its very expensive." This line is a reference to Julia Roberts's interaction in Pretty Woman (1990). Julia Roberts is Emma Roberts's aunt.
- #004
Vee earned about $33,000 playing Nerve before it was taken away from her.
- #005
The rapidly scrolling book passage at the start of the book's end credits is from Chapter 1 of Charles Dickens's classic novel "Great Expectations."
- #006
It is Colson Baker's first big-budget film.
- #007
Emily Meade said that lifting her skirt to show her bare butt in the football scene was both scary and exciting.
- #008
A YouTube personality appears as a player who loses his nerve during a montage.
- #009
At a later point in the film, Ty (credited as Colson Baker) completes a very risky dare. While celebrating his daring feat, he acts as if he has an automatic weapon in his hand and wildly fires bullets into the air. This is a direct reference to his stage name, Machine Gun Kelly.
- #010
The idea of someone risking their life to earn money while being watched by a large audience and then being shot in the finale resembles the plot of the German TV film Das Millionenspiel (1970). The difference is that in "Das Millionenspiel" the audience does not use cell phones to take part, but watches the game on television.
- #011
It reunites Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, who appeared together in the music video for Cults: Go Outdoor (Supervideo) (2011).
- #012
Similar to Scream 4 (2011), Nerve features Emma Roberts, includes a character named Sidney, and uses instant fame as a cautionary story. In Scream 4, Roberts also appears alongside Dave Franco's fiancée, Alison Brie.
- #013
In keeping with the Apple Products theme, when Vee finds herself in the third stage of the game (Prisoner), she is contacted through a 1st-generation iMac. Its translucent body casing fits perfectly with the film's colorful atmosphere.
- #014
Sydney's phone displays "Teenage Dirtbag," a song Wheatus released in the summer of 2000.
- #015
Emma Roberts appeared with Dave Franco's brother, James Franco, in Palo Alto (2013).
- #016
YouTube star Casey Neistat watched a special screening of the film with his younger brother via his YouTube channel on July 10, 2016. Neistat appears in the film's trailer and is listed in the credits as an actor/viewer.
- #017
Most of the actors playing the teenagers were in their 20s.
- #018
For a brief moment, the logo of MTV's popular comedy program Jackass (2000) is visible on Sydney's phone.
- #019
This film includes a scene in which Dave Franco's character rides a carousel; he also does the same scene in Now You See Me (2013).
- #020
Emma Roberts's character in Nerve goes by the nickname Vee, short for Venus. During a dare to reach 60 miles per hour on a motorcycle, she and her partner ride through a tunnel alongside a car full of people cheering them on by opening the doors, and one of the passengers wears a Guy Fawkes mask, the same mask worn by another character named V in the V for Vendetta comic book.
- #021
This is the second time Emily Meade has played an antagonist who is later redeemed; she previously played the antagonist Fang in the 2010 horror film My Soul to Take.
- #022
Emma Roberts and Emily Meade both appeared in the 2010 film Twelve, but the two never shared any scene together.
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