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Set It Up

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1. #001

   According to director Claire Scanlon, the pizza scene was the opposite of a romantic movie scene, and the amount of pizza consumed was "disgusting." Because Glen Powell is gluten-free, the prop master was responsible for providing two different types of pizza for the scene. Zoey Deutch refused to use the spit bucket on set during multiple takes and eventually ate so much pizza that she threw up.

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2. #002

   The film's central idea — two assistants trying to trap their bosses — actually came from the real-life attempt by the film's producer, Juliet Berman, to trap her boss with the boss of another assistant she had fallen in love with.

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3. #003

   Harper was originally written as 28 years old, but when Zoey Deutch, who was 22 during filming, joined the production, the producers changed the character's age to 25.

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4. #004

   The scene in which Duncan (Pete Davidson) throws coffee in Rick's (Taye Diggs) face required the use of CGI. According to director Claire Scanlon, Diggs's costume absorbed the liquid, so they resorted to adding the coffee stain in post-production.

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5. #005

   Glen Powell's grandmother can be seen among the crowd at the Yankees game.

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6. #006

   The film initially ran about two and a half hours, and more than an hour of footage was ultimately cut to keep the total runtime tight. Most of the cut scenes concerned Kirsten's past.

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7. #007

   MGM initially acquired the rights to the film, and Emilia Clarke was set to play Harper. However, casting problems stalled the production, and Clarke had to withdraw from the project because of Game of Thrones' filming schedule. With Clarke gone, MGM was no longer interested in making the film, and Netflix took it on.

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8. #008

   Glen Powell and Zoey Deutch had previously appeared together in Everyone Wants Some! (2016).

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9. #009

   Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs also worked together on Chicago (2002) and in various episodes of Ally McBeal (1997).

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10. #010

    Director Claire Scanlon initially envisioned Amy Poehler in the role of Kirsten.

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11. #011

    The man Harper (Jake Robinson) plays miniature golf with is never named, referred to only as "golf guy." As a result, he is also credited as "golf guy."

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