All of the actors who were playing cheerleaders had to go to what they ended up calling "Cheerleader Boot Camp".
During the filming of the scene when Torrance, Missy, Jan and Les carpool to a football game, a driver, angry that the film's motorcade was making him late for dinner, attempted to drive the camera truck off the road. It appears the character of Les is just an overly cautious driver who keeps checking his side mirrors. Huntley Ritter is really watching Mr. Road Rage get pulled over by the Highway Patrol.
Huntley Ritter performed the Nationals scene with a sprained ankle.
Missy Pantone's tumbling pass during the audition sequence is the only stunt that the actors did not perform themselves.
The Nationals were filmed in Oceanside, California.
The Advanced Chemistry textbook that Cliff is studying is not a real book at all. The PHD writer is actually the Assistant Propmaster's name. Though not real, the book is credited at the end of the film as an actual book that was cleared for use.
Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union were both cheerleaders in school.
Many of the stunts performed by the teams in the national competition, including all stunts more than two bodies high, the fly-overs, and the basket-tosses with head-over-heels rotation, are illegal at the high school level according to the National Federation Interscholastic Spirit Association.
The character of Whitney was originally scripted as a peroxide blonde.
The vintage rock t-shirts that Cliff wears throughout the film are from director Peyton Reed's extensive collection.
Carla Mackauf, who plays Aaron's college girlfriend ("You were a cheerleader?") is a real-life member of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad.
Director Cameo: [Peyton Reed] as the mime in the montage where the cheerleaders are working on their new routine.
The character of "Mime" (played by director Peyton Reed) is credited as "Silencio Por Favor", which means "Silence Please"... in Spanish.
The three Clover Cheerleaders: Lava (Shamari Fears), Jenelope (Natina Reed), and LaFred (Brandi Williams) are all members of the singing trio Blaque. They sing the song "As If" which is on the movie's soundtrack.
East Compton High School was actually Kearny High School in San Diego, California.
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