Hilary Faye

Um, according to producer Sandy Stern, the film had gone through about 200 rewrites.

The original script had Hilary Faye, played by Mandy Moore, shooting up the school.

Uh, yeah, a little- maybe a little too, uh, edgy maybe.

Perhaps.

Uh, Hilary Faye, a role originally given to Anne Hathaway.

Right.

Okay.

And then we watched it this time, and I thought, actually, I, I see what the film is doing now.