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Kennywood; winter filming; nut-allergy callback; Levieva gymnastics

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  • Kennywood near Pittsburgh reportedly stood in for the Farmingdale, New York park that inspired Mottola, with alterations to make it look run down.
  • Winter filming required snow removal and sometimes extras positioned to hide snow through windows.
  • Joel’s nut-allergy line is reported as a possible callback to Starr’s Freaks and Geeks character.
  • Levieva’s reported gymnastics career reached a high Russian classification and later a New York championship, but immigration eligibility obstructed further elite competition before she became an actress.