Several of the characters suggest famous actors to play them in Lucas's movie. Lucas tells them that the actors are too old to play high school students. All the principal actors, other than James Lafferty, were in their 20s at the start of the series.
When Nate asks to be played by Shia Lebouf, Luke says he's too old to play someone in highschool. Nate says have you seen how old the actors playing high schoolers are? In reall life Chad Michael Murry is 4 years older than Shia labouf.
Brooke says they'll get "some snot from the CW." One Tree Hill aired on The CW
Austin Nichols first appearance as Julian Baker
In this episode, Brooke (who is played by Sophia Bush), suggests to Lucas that Natalie Portman should play her in the Ravens movie adaptation. In 2020 Sophia Bush interviewed Natalie Portman in her podcast "Work in Progress".