Juno (2007) - Trivia - IMDb (original) (raw)
Juno
J.K. Simmons said that he was so impressed with the script that he would have been happy just to play the teacher who has no spoken dialogue - anything to appear in the film.
It was challenging to show all four seasons within a 30-day filming schedule. Solutions included digitally darkening spring cherry blossoms to look like summer flowers and having crew members off camera throw falling silk leaves for autumn. There was a fluke snowstorm (unusual for March in Vancouver) and three different shots were coordinated that day before the snow could melt. Since fake snow can be expensive to put in a shot, this saved the film considerable money for the winter scenes.
After box-office success and gaining a large following, Jason Reitman was asked by executives on the possibility of doing a sequel, to which he stated "What could it possibly be, Juno gets pregnant again?!" and concluded the story of Juno was complete.
Jennifer Garner dropped her A-list salary to a percentage point agreement for Juno when it was expected to be a small, low-grossing indie film, but the decision paid off when Juno became a breakout smash at the box office - giving Garner her best payday yet.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day enjoyed Bren's line "You didn't have to drive out to east Jesus nowhere" so much that on Green Day's album 21st Century Breakdown he wrote a song called "East Jesus Nowhere".
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