Tall Girl Trivia | 25 facts about the Netflix teen movie

Tall Girl is a 2019 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Nzingha Stewart, from a screenplay by Sam Wolfson.

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1. Tall Girl is a 2019 American teen romantic comedy film.
2. It was directed by Nzingha Stewart.
3. The screenplay is written by Sam Wolfso.
4. The film stars Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Sabrina Carpenter, Paris Berelc, Luke Eisner, Clara Wilsey, Anjelika Washington, Rico Paris, Angela Kinsey, and Steve Zahn.
5. It was released by Netflix on September 13, 2019.
6. In November 2018, it was announced that Netflix would collaborate with McG of Wonderland Sound and Vision for a fourth time on the film Tall Girl, with Nzingha Stewart set as the director.
7. In January 2019, Ava Michelle, Griffin Gluck, Luke Eisner, Sabrina Carpenter, Paris Berelc, Steve Zahn, Angela Kinsey, Anjelika Washington, Clara Wilsey, and Rico Paris joined the cast of the film.
8. Principal photography on the film began in January 2019 in New Orleans.
9. It ended in March 2019.
10. On October 17, 2019, Netflix announced that the film had been viewed by over 41 million viewers after its release on their platform.
11. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 13 reviews, and an average rating of 5.3/10.
12. The site’s critics consensus reads, “While charming at times, Tall Girl is mostly an uninspired teen comedy that fails to bring anything new to the genre.”
13. On December 1, 2020, DiscussingFilm reported that Tall Girl 2 is in the works at Netflix, with Michelle being set to return as Jodi alongside much of the same supporting cast.
14. The sequel will reportedly “follow Jodi as the popular girl after her rise to power in the first film. However, she begins to feel the pressure of popularity which causes problems with her relationship with Dunkleman.”
15. Reports say Sam Wolfson will return to write the screenplay, but Nzingha Stewart is not yet tied to direct the film. Filming began in April 2021.
16. The sequel will premiere on Netflix on February 11th, 2022.
17. A world wide casting call was put out for the role of Jodi, calling females with a height of 5’10” and over to submit a video audition.
18. Ava Michelle is 6′ 1 1/2″ inches tall.
19. The high school is named after American civil rights activists Ruby Bridges.
20. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.
21. The book Jodi is reading in her room is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Coincidentally, this movie came out around the same time The Goldfinch movie came out.
22. Francesca Pinto is 6 feet tall
23. Francseca Pinto played a student.
24. Clara Wilsey and May Badr’s debut.
25. In real life Ava Michelle is 19 years old.