'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' trivia and fun facts

This is Olivia Cooke's first regular film not having to do with Sci-Fi or Horror.

The scenes shot in Greg's house are actually in the author's childhood house.

The main character (Greg) is played by Thomas Mann. Thomas Mann is also the name of a German author who wrote Death in Venice, the book behind one of the movies Greg and Earl made a spoof of.

There are several movie references in this film including a Night of the Living Dead poster in the video store and a Dawn of the Dead patch on Greg's Jacket.

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2012 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

Emma Roberts was considered for the lead role

Olivia Cooke actually shaved her head for the role of Rachel

RJ Cyler's first film.

The film was acquired by Fox Searchlight for $12 million dollars at The Sundance Film Festival in January 2015. This was the biggest buy in Sundance history.