Director Darren Stein publicly criticized the MPAA for giving the final film an R rating, stating that he believes the film was PG-13 material and was only given an R because it dealt with gay and lesbian themes.
There is a poster half covered up on Brent's wall of the 80's black comedy classic, Heathers.
When Ms Hogel (Natasha Lyonne) is verbally reprimanding Brent and co for their homophobic prom posters, she gets an odd look from a passing student. This student was portrayed by Natsha Lyonne's real life friend Thomas Dekker, whom she acted with in the black comedy All About Evil.
Michael J. Willettt (Tanner) and Paul Iacono (Brett) had a brief "showmance" during filming.
In the original script, Caprice and Sophie had a secret relationship, but this was excised to focus more on the conflict between Caprice and Fawcett.