High School Musical Fun Facts!

Here are some fun facts you may or may not know, about High School Musical

High School Musical Fun Facts

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High School Musical Fun Facts

~ The ski lodge was actually a building in Utah!

~ The green top Gabriella wears during “Start of Something New” didn’t come with sparkles on! Those were added specially for the scene.

~ The extras used in the “Start of Something New” scene do not appear again anywhere in the movie!

~ The snow falling outside the lodge were actually flakes of potato!

~ When we first meet Chad he is wearing 3 watches! This is because he was given 3 to choose from, but wanted them all!

~ The school in which High School Musical is filmed actually have red and white as their school colours! …As does Sweet Valley High ;)

~ Lucas Grabeel learnt all the moves to “Getcha Head in the Game”, even though he wasn’t in the scene! It was his favourite dance!

~ Bart Johnson, who played Coach Bolton, watched basketball movies every day in order to prepare for his role.

~ A song and dance which was never written or produced, (because the movie would have been too long!), was a battle scene between Ms Dalton and Coach Bolton!

~ The Hip-Hop girl in “Stick to the Status Quo” came to the auditions, and the director liked her so much, he gave her this role! She has now got a manager in Hollywood – how cool!

~ The chilli-fries that are dropped onto Sharpay were actually ice-cold!

~ The garden on the roof of the school was built specially for the film. Some of the plants are fake!

~ The framed picture of Coach Bolton when he younger, is actually a picture of Bart’s nephew!

~ Did you know that Vanessa Anne Hudgens was home-schooled since 7th grade? So she never actually went to a high school!

~ On the day that Vanessa filmed “When There Was Me and You”, the basketball team all came to watch and sing to her, for support! How sweet!

~ Most of the milk-cartons in the cafeteria were actually filled with lemon-lime juice, as real milk would have gone off.

~ The day the crew were filming at Gabriella’s house, they had to stop for a while, as fireworks started going off near-by!

~ The title “High School Musical” was just a working title, but it was so catchy it stuck!

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