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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesTessa almost had another face
Julia Goldani Telles was announced as Tessa in May 2018 and left in July over a scheduling conflict. Josephine Langford got the part and played Tessa in all 5 movies.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIt started as a Wattpad fanfic
Anna Todd posted the story on Wattpad as One Direction fanfiction, under the username Imaginator1D. The love interest was based on Harry Styles and became Hardin Scott in the book.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA college in Atlanta
The shoot was planned for Boston but moved to Atlanta. Most of the campus on screen is Emory University, and filming wrapped on August 24, 2018.
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- CameoAnna Todd at the club
The author of the books, who also co-wrote the script, has a cameo as one of the nightclub's patrons.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesNew director, new coworker
Roger Kumble took over as director from Jenny Gage. Dylan Sprouse joined the cast as Trevor, Tessa's fellow intern.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesParents with new faces
Rob Estes and Karimah Westbrook replace Peter Gallagher and Jennifer Beals as Ken, Hardin's father, and Karen, Landon's mother.
source ↗ - SetupThe man in the first scene
Early on, Hardin runs into a homeless man and brushes him off. Remember that face: the movie comes back to him.
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- Behind the scenesShot in Bulgaria
Because of the pandemic, the movie was shot in Bulgaria, starting in Sofia, back to back with the next one.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesHalf the cast swapped
Landon, Carol, Christian Vance, Kimberly and Karen were all recast, since some actors couldn't travel during the pandemic. Chance Perdomo becomes Landon, and Mira Sorvino plays Tessa's mother.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCastille Landon takes over
Castille Landon directs this one and stays in charge of the series to the end. She was also picked to write and direct Before, the Hardin prequel.
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- Behind the scenesDone almost two years early
Filming wrapped in December 2020 in Bulgaria, alongside After We Fell. The movie didn't reach US theaters until September 2022.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRomance isn't always pretty
Castille Landon said she was drawn to the books' realistic take on love. Her goal was to show that romance isn't always beautiful.
source ↗ - ReferenceA book called After
The manuscript Tessa finds in Hardin's bag is titled After, the same as Anna Todd's first book and the first movie.
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- Behind the scenesThe first without a book
It's the first movie in the series that doesn't adapt a novel. Hardin's trip to Lisbon was made up for the screen.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA secret shoot in Portugal
The Portugal shoot, done back to back with After Ever Happy, was kept secret until August 2022.
source ↗ - ReferenceBefore and Later
Hardin's new manuscript is called Before, the name of Anna Todd's book about his past. The final scene shows another of his books, Later.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesFinal chapter, sort of
It was marketed as "The Final Chapter," but Castille Landon had said back in 2021 that a prequel and another sequel were in pre-production.
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