Bring It On

Bring It On (2000) is a cheerleading comedy film starring Kirsten Dunst, directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger.

The movie was filmed at locations around San Diego. The Rancho Carne High School gym scenes were filmed at The Academy of Our Lady of Peace, an all-girls Catholic high school. The exterior shots of Rancho Carne High School were mainly filmed at San Diego State University.

A straight to video sequel Bring It On Again was released in 2004, sharing only producers with the original. A third film entitled Bring It On 3 is currently in the works and is also set for a direct-to-video release in 2006.

Trivia

• All of the actors who were playing cheerleaders had to go to what they ended up calling "Cheerleader Boot Camp".
  
  
• During the filming of the scene when Torrance, Missy, Jan and Les carpool to a football game, a driver, angry that the film's motorcade was making him late for dinner, attempted to drive the camera truck off the road. It appears the character of Les is just an overly cautious driver who keeps checking his side mirrors. Huntley Ritter is really watching Mr. Road Rage get pulled over by the Highway Patrol.
  
  
• Huntley Ritter performed the Nationals scene with a sprained ankle.
  
  

• Missy Pantone's tumbling pass during the audition sequence is the only stunt that the actors did not perform themselves.
  
  
• The Nationals were filmed in Oceanside, California.
  
  
• The Advanced Chemistry textbook that Cliff is studying is not a real book at all. The PHD writer is actually the Assistant Propmaster's name. Though not real, the book is credited at the end of the film as an actual book that was cleared for use.
  
  
• Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union were both cheerleaders in school.
  
  
• Many of the stunts performed by the teams in the national competition, including all stunts more than two bodies high, the fly-overs, and the basket-tosses with head-over-heels rotation, are illegal at the high school level according to the National Federation Interscholastic Spirit Association.
  
  
• The character of Whitney was originally scripted as a peroxide blonde.
  
  
• The vintage rock t-shirts that Cliff wears throughout the film are from director Peyton Reed's extensive collection.
  
  
• Carla Mackauf, who plays Aaron's college girlfriend ("You were a cheerleader?") is a real-life member of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad.
  
  
• Director Cameo: [Peyton Reed] as the mime in the montage where the cheerleaders are working on their new routine.
  
  
• The character of "Mime" (played by director Peyton Reed) is credited as "Silencio Por Favor", which means "Silence Please"... in Spanish.
  
  
• The three Clover Cheerleaders: Lava (Shamari Fears), Jenelope (Natina Reed), and LaFred ('Brandi Williams' ) are all members of the singing trio Blaque. They sing the song "As If" which is on the movie's soundtrack.
  
  
• The film Missy watches to get inspiration from is Sweet Charity (1969)
  
  
• The fight song played by the Rancho Carne band at the football game scene is actually the "Cav Song", the traditional fight song used by the University of Virginia.
  
  
• In the final performance, the routine used by the Toros actually do incorporate every dance style Torrance names while coming up with a new show.
  
  
• In the last scene during the Awards ceremony, the "editor of Cheer Fashion Magazine, Ms. Brandi Tattersol", is Director, Peyton Reed's wife.
  
  
• As seen in the movie trailer, additional scenes showing Isis' personal and school life were shot, even giving her a boyfriend, but were eventually cut from the film.
  
  
• Blaque's song "As If" appears during the Toro's final routine. All three members of the group are in the movie.
  
  
• The song that Cliff plays on his guitar is "Anarchy in the U.K." by The Sex Pistols.
  
  
• The very last scene to be filmed was the toothbrush flirting scene with Jesse Bradford and Kirsten Dunst.
  
  
• Both the characters of Missy and Cliff Pantone say "Be aggressive, B-e aggressive, B-e-a-g-g-r-e-s-s-i-v-e" which is a quote from the Faith No More song "Be Aggressive" which has a choir of cheerleaders in it.
  
  
• Terri Conn had three callbacks for the role of Torrance before Kirsten Dunst was cast in the part.