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* DawsonCasting: Callum, Rosie and Ray have just graduated high school. Greg Young and Jake Hyland were 20, Dana Lee Al Qattan was 22.

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* DawsonCasting: Callum, Rosie and Ray have just graduated high school. Greg Young and Jake Hyland were 20, 20[[note]]Not actually implausible in the year the film was shot; many Irish students opted to repeat their final year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and there were a few 20-year-olds graduating.[[/note]], Dana Lee Al Qattan was 22.



* ProductionPosse: Zac Goold directed Greg Young in ''Film/WhatIStandFor'', and acted as cinematographer here. Robert Madden, DP of ''WISF'', also worked on this. All three of them had worked with Dana Lee Al Qattan on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ayE0Ebuvc Undefeated]]''. Sean Brien - with whom Greg Young had worked on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VylQgOa-xsM Takbir]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0CEHVmbtA Scarlet]]'' - was the editor.

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* ProductionPosse: Zac Goold directed Greg Young in ''Film/WhatIStandFor'', and acted as cinematographer here. Robert Madden, DP of ''WISF'', also worked on this. All three of them had worked with Dana Lee Al Qattan on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ayE0Ebuvc Undefeated]]''. Sean Brien - with whom Greg Young had worked on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VylQgOa-xsM Takbir]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0CEHVmbtA Scarlet]]'' - was the editor. Jake Hyland had previously starred in Greg Young's first short ''Better Paths''.



** Dana Lee Al Qattan ad-libbed hitting Jake Hyland on the ass with the sword.

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** Dana Lee Al Qattan ad-libbed hitting Jake Hyland on the ass with the sword.sword, as well as the "try me, bitch" line.



** Ray was originally going to [[spoiler: slit his throat]] in the end montage, but this wasn't included.

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** Ray was originally going to [[spoiler: slit his throat]] in the end montage, but this wasn't included. WordOfGod is that it would have interfered with a stylistic choice to show only one scene from each of the seven days.

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** The amount of bottles and debris on the set for the party were mostly already there when they arrived.

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** The amount of bottles and debris on the set for the party were mostly already there when they arrived. Greg Young recalls his DP seeing the place and saying "I appreciate your effort but you did not need to drink ''this'' much."


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** An early idea for the seven concept was a story based around the SevenDeadlySins. That was dropped to cut down on the amount of actors required.
** Anthony O'Reilly Jr, actor, filmmaker and host of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA1WeG2Ewp5WQ_Vc9vRlRzw The Alright Podcast]]'', auditioned for Ray - but was deemed too old to convincingly play a high school graduate.
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* ChristmasRushed: The film had about a month to be written and filmed for the ''Deadly Numbers'' deadline.
* DawsonCasting: Callum, Rosie and Ray have just graduated high school. Greg Young and Jake Hyland were 20, Dana Lee Al Qattan was 22.
* DirectedByCastMember: Greg Young directed the film and played Callum.
* OrphanedReference: The "I can't believe he's gone" exchange between Callum and Rosie references Ray's original fate (see below).
* ProductionPosse: Zac Goold directed Greg Young in ''Film/WhatIStandFor'', and acted as cinematographer here. Robert Madden, DP of ''WISF'', also worked on this. All three of them had worked with Dana Lee Al Qattan on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1ayE0Ebuvc Undefeated]]''. Sean Brien - with whom Greg Young had worked on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VylQgOa-xsM Takbir]]'' and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0CEHVmbtA Scarlet]]'' - was the editor.
* ThrowItIn:
** The amount of bottles and debris on the set for the party were mostly already there when they arrived.
** Dana Lee Al Qattan ad-libbed hitting Jake Hyland on the ass with the sword.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The original script had a fourth character called Jade, making it a GenderEqualEnsemble. She would flee town and never be seen again.
** There were supposed to be scenes involving Callum's family, and him talking to police, that were cut to streamline the story.
** Ray was originally going to [[spoiler: slit his throat]] in the end montage, but this wasn't included.
** The first draft amped up the supernatural elements, making it clear there was a curse of some kind on the victims, and that [[spoiler: Rosie's ghost actually was talking to Callum]]. It's MaybeMagicMaybeMundane in the finished film.
* YouLookFamiliar: Greg Young and Dana Lee Al Qattan also appear in ''Film/DisembodiedHitman'' in the ''Deadly Numbers'' anthology.

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