FILM · 1999 · USA
She's All That
36 archived facts 6 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
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- #001
The prom dance scene was not originally in the script and was not going to be filmed. It was added at the last minute to give the film a few more minutes of running time.
- #002
Zach does not want to go to Dartmouth, his father's alma mater. His father is played by Tim Matheson, who appeared in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), partly inspired by the time the film's writers spent at Dartmouth. At the end of Animal House, Matheson's character is said to be moving to California to become a doctor… and the same happens in this film.
- #003
In a 2013 interview, M. Night Shyamalan claimed that a ghost wrote the screenplay. Fleming denied this. In the film's Blu-ray commentary, director Robert Iscove confirmed that Shyamalan was hired as a contributor to the screenplay after pre-production had begun. After story points were added, the final rewrite was given back to Fleming so that he could give the story a unique voice for the young characters.
- #004
The photograph of Laney's mother is of actress Bonnie Bedelia, the real-life aunt of Kieran Culkin, who plays Laney's brother Simon.
- #005
Kevin Pollak repeats the running joke about making the wrong guess in a moment of danger. He first did this in Truth or Consequences, N. M. (1997).
- #006
This was the last film Gene Siskel reviewed in print. He gave it a positive review.
- #007
The character "Brock Hudson" was named after a real student at St. John's School in Houston, Texas, where Rushmore (1998) was shot. Screenwriter R. Lee Fleming Jr., along with Wes Anderson (director of Rushmore) and Will Wallace, attended this school, where the phrase "what kind of name is Brock Hudson?" (used twice in this film) was commonly heard.
- #008
Gabrielle Union plays a senior classmate in this film. She also appeared as a sophomore in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), which was released in 1999. She goes to the prom in both films, and both films are based on classic literature (Pygmalion and The Taming of the Shrew).
- #009
Rachael Leigh Cook's character is named Laney Boggs, a combination of the names of two characters played by Winona Ryder: Kim Boggs in Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Lelaina "Laney" Pierce in Reality Bites (1994). This is a clear nod to the physical resemblance between Cook and Ryder.
- #010
Freddie Prinze Jr.'s wife (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has a miniature in this film. This happens while Simon is asking if they need pepper.
- #011
In 2014, director Robert Iscove told Yahoo that Josh Hartnett was considered for the role of Zack Siler and that Leelee Sobieski, Mena Suvari and Jordana Brewster auditioned for the role of Laney Boggs.
- #012
In the party scene, Preston hands Zach and Laney a glass of wine. Dean takes the wine from Zach and gives it to Chandler, who gives it to Taylor. This is the same drink Taylor pours on Laney.
- #013
Freddie Prinze Jr. and Matthew Lillard were reunited as Fred and Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo films. Those films also featured Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne (mentioned in another trivia item here).
- #014
The falafel restaurant is the same restaurant used in the 1989 film Loverboy, starring Patrick Dempsey.
- #015
The film contains many hidden references to the pop group Hanson, as well as the photo during Taylor's campaign. The two main characters are named Taylor and Zac, two of Hanson's members. Two minor characters, Mackenzie and Jesse, were younger members of the Hanson family.
- #016
The high school scenes were shot at Torrance High School, where the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Beverly Hills, 90210 had previously been filmed.
- #017
At the end of the film, Freddie Prinze Jr. is forced by Paul Walker to attend the graduation ceremony naked. In Joy Ride (2001), Walker has to walk around a diner naked. However, Walker was fully naked while shooting his nude scene in Joy Ride. Prinze was not very naked in the nude scene in this film.
- #018
Dulé Hill (Preston) and Rachael Leigh Cook (Laney Boggs) later appeared together in Psych (2006) as Burton 'Gus' Guster and Abigail Lytar, respectively.
- #019
Simon Boggs's (Kieran Culkin) character wears double hearing aids.
- #020
Lil' Kim's acting debut.
- #021
Usher and Clea DuVall had appeared in The Faculty (1998) the year before this film. Two of their co-stars from The Faculty, Josh Hartnett and Jordana Brewster, were considered for the lead roles in this film. Hartnett's first film was Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), in which he starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis (who had been Kevin Pollak's co-star in House Arrest (1996)) and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (Taylor Vaughn). Brewster played Paul Walker's (Dean Sampson) girlfriend in the Fast & Furious films.
- #022
Elden Henson (Jesse) and Anna Paquin (Mackenzie) would both go on to appear in Marvel Comics productions: Henson in Netflix's Daredevil (2015) and Paquin in the X-Men series. Moreover, Henson's Daredevil co-star Deborah Ann Woll appeared alongside Paquin in HBO's True Blood (2008).
- #023
The cast includes two Oscar winners: Anna Paquin and Kieran Culkin.
- #024
A year after this film, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe played a teenager in What It Takes (2000). Both roles cast her as the school's "hot chick."
- #025
A gender-swapped remake titled He's All That (2021) premiered on Netflix on August 27, 2021, with Rachael Leigh Cook and Matthew Lillard appearing in different roles.
- #026
Kieran Culkin and Elden Henson had previously appeared together a year earlier in The Mighty (1998).
- #027
The premise resembles Can't Buy Me Love (1987), in which a nerdy boy becomes popular when he dates the prettiest and most desired girl in school.
- #028
At least four actors in this film have ties to the Scream franchise. Matthew Lillard had previously played Stu Macher in Scream (1996), a role for which Freddie Prinze Jr. also auditioned. Sarah Michelle Gellar played Cici Cooper in Scream 2 (1997), and Kieran Culkin's younger brother Rory Culkin would later play Charlie Walker in Scream 4 (2011).
- #029
Both actresses who play Misty and Savannah (who tells Laney to kill herself in art class) appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), though not at the same time and in different seasons.
- #030
Tim Matheson (Harlan Siler) and Chris Owen (Derek Funkhouser Rutley) appeared together in Black Sheep (1996), but never shared a scene.
- #031
In the Gun Play (1997) episode of Nash Bridges (1996), Matthew Lillard, as a guest star, accidentally shoots Cassidy, played by Jodi Lyn O'Keefe.
- #032
Tamara Mello (Chandler) also appeared in the high school drama/dramedy series Popular (1999).
- #033
Kevin Pollak wore a baseball cap throughout the film.
- #034
Clea DuVall and Chris Owen, who also appeared together in Can't Hardly Wait (1998), share the same birthday three years apart: September 25.
- #035
This film is referenced in season 1, episode 2 of Schooled (2019), titled Lainey's All That (2019).
- #036
Sixteen members of the cast were born in the same years but in different months. 1957: Kevin Pollak was born on October 30 and Michael Milhoan on December 19. 1970: Matthew Lillard was born on January 24 and Flex Alexander on April 15. 1976: Tamara Mello was born on February 22 and Freddie Prinze Jr. on March 8. 1977: Sarah Michelle Gellar (who has a non-speaking cameo in this film) was born on April 14, Milo Ventimiglia on July 8, Elden Henson on August 30 and Clea DuVall on September 25. 1978: both Jodi Lyn O'Keefe and the singer Usher were born in October, only four days apart. 1982: Anna Paquin was born on July 24 and Kieran Culkin on September 30.
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