Some Kind Of Wonderful Behind The Scenes

Martha Coolidge (director of "Valley Girl") was originally hired to direct the film but was replaced by Howard Deutch.

Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson were actually dating during the making of the movie. So that scene in which Mary Stuart Masterson and Stoltz kiss for the first time and they're blushing, it's not make-up. They really are blushing.

In the final scenes, Keith and Watts walk down the street, presumably towards home, while Amanda is left to find her own way home, leaving the Jaguar, with the keys left in by Watts, sitting in front of Hardy's house. But in the original script, Amanda is given a ride home by Shane, while Keith and Watts walk back to get the Jaguar.

This movie's school location was filmed at San Pedro High school in San Pedro, CA.

Eric Stoltz and Lea Thompson were good friends long before the making of the film. Stoltz actually dropped off the script to Lea Thompson, who was physically shaking from all of the bad reviews of the film Howard the Duck in which she had just played the lead role in. She originally didn't want to star in the film because she feared she couldn't survive the humiliation of another flop. But Stoltz's excitement of the script was contagious and the rest is history.

Eric Stoltz and Howard Deutch did not hit it off at first, as Deutch had a hard time learning and coping with Stoltz's acting technique.

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