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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The real Ken Carter was on set as a coach every day and said Samuel L Jackson's portrayal of him was 98% accurate. Samuel L had been Ken's first choice as well.

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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The real Ken Carter was on set as a coach every day and said Samuel L L. Jackson's portrayal of him was 98% accurate. Samuel L Jackson had been Ken's Carter's first choice as well.



* PlayingWithCharacterType: Samuel L Jackson takes a break from action movies and roles that require him to be a charismatic badass. He's still charismatic but he's more of a BadassBookworm here.

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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Samuel L L. Jackson takes a break from action movies and roles that require him to be a charismatic badass. He's still charismatic but he's more of a BadassBookworm here.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Samuel L Jackson is a huge basketball fan and had wanted to do a basketball movie for so long.

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* AwesomeDearBoy: Samuel L Jackson Creator/SamuelLJackson is a huge basketball fan and had wanted to do a basketball movie for so long.



** Rob Brown and Robert Ri'chard (the latter of whom played a high school freshman) were twenty-one.

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** Rob Brown Creator/RobBrown and Robert Ri'chard (the latter of whom played a high school freshman) were twenty-one.



** Channing Tatum and {{Music/Ashanti}} were twenty-five.

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** Channing Tatum Creator/ChanningTatum and {{Music/Ashanti}} were twenty-five.

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* PlayingGertrude: Octavia Spencer is just ten years older than her on-screen son Nana Gbewonyo.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Each player's position is based on the strength of his respective actor.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Each player's position is based on the strength of his respective actor.actor.
* UnderageCasting: Octavia Spencer is just ten years older than her on-screen son Nana Gbewonyo.
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* TheDanza: A very obscure case. In the scene where Coach Carter reviews his players' failing progress reports, one of the academically-challenged players is named Mario Gomez. IMDB has a Mario Garcia playing one of the "Additional Richmond Players."

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** Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard were twenty one.
** Rick Gonzalez was twenty seven.

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** Rob Brown, Brown and Robert Ri'chard (the latter of whom played a high school freshman) were twenty one.
twenty-one.
** Rick Gonzalez was twenty seven.twenty-seven.


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** Sidney Faison, who played rival player Ty Crane, was thirty.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Samuel L Jackson is a huge basketball fan and had wanted to do a basketball movie for so long.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: The real Ken Carter was on set as a coach every day and said Samuel L Jackson's portrayal of him was 98% accurate. Samuel L had been Ken's first choice as well.
* DawsonCasting: Most of the high schoolers were played by actors in their twenties.
** Rob Brown, Robert Ri'chard were twenty one.
** Rick Gonzalez was twenty seven.
** Channing Tatum and {{Music/Ashanti}} were twenty-five.
* DyeingForYourArt: Channing Tatum had never played basketball before, so he had to have additional training to keep up with the others. All the young actors had to train for up to twelve hours a day to prepare.
* PlayingGertrude: Octavia Spencer is just ten years older than her on-screen son Nana Gbewonyo.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: Samuel L Jackson takes a break from action movies and roles that require him to be a charismatic badass. He's still charismatic but he's more of a BadassBookworm here.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Each player's position is based on the strength of his respective actor.

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