Trivia / My Mad Fat Diary

• Dawson Casting: Most people on the show who are portraying Rae's friends. They all look the age they are meant to be, though.
  • Sharon Rooney was 24 when the first series broadcast; she plays 16 year old Rae.
  • Nico Mirallegro was 22 when the first series broadcast; he plays 16 or 17 year old Finn.
  • Jodie Comer was 19/20 when the first series broadcast; she plays 16 old Chloe.
  • Sacha Parkinson was 22 when the second series broadcast; she plays 16/17 year old Stacey.
  • Averted with Ciara Baxendale as Izzy, who was actually just seventeen at the time of filming.
• Foreign Remake: MTV was apparently interested in an American remake but nothing has been heard of it since 2014.
• Playing Against Type: At the time, Nico Mirallegro was better known for playing the Cute but Troubled emo Newt on Hollyoaks, rather than the confident badboy Finn.

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