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A Cinderella Story (2004) More at IMDbPro »

• The trailer features music by James Newton Howard from the movie Dave (1993).
  
  
• In preparation for her driving test, Hilary Duff drove herself between filming locations during principal photography for the film.
  
  
• Hilary Duff accepted the lead role because Charles Perrault's story "Cinderella" was her favorite fairy tale when she was growing up.
  
  
• The number "609" at the end of Chad Michael Murray's online screen name is the actual area code for the Princeton area, referred to throughout the movie.
  
  
• The end of Hilary Duff's character's screen name in the movie is 818. 818 is the area code for the San Fernando Valley, where the movie takes place.
  
  
• The necklaces around Carter's neck in his first scene were taped on to his shirt to avoid any noise the microphone would pick up.
  
  
• Rupert Grint had gotten the role as Austin, but had to drop the role because he was busy making Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).
  
  
• Production designer Charles Breen built the interior of the diner and Sam's attic bedroom on stage at Warner Bros.
  
  
• Jennifer Coolidge's fake fingernails had to be attached with tape because she is allergic to glue.
  
  
• This is the third movie that Regina King and Jennifer Coolidge have co-starred. The first was "Down to Earth" with Chris Rock in 2001, and the second was "Legally Blonde 2:Red, White & Blonde" with Reese Witherspoon in 2003.
  
  

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