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The producer invited many figure skaters as stand-ins, including 6-time Canadian Women's Championship Jennifer Robinson, American Figure Skating Youth Championship champion Sandra Gene Lack, and Canadian Figure Skating Youth Championship champion Lauren Weir Sen.
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There are three young actors in the film who emerged from the 1200 audition. They are all highly skilled skaters.
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The heroine Mitchie didn't know how to skate. She spent 10 months receiving professional skating training before shooting .
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Although difficult movements like the three-and-a-half-week jump are done by a substitute, most of Cathy's movements in the film are done by Trachtenberg himself.
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In order to find the director of the film, the producer Johnson watched more than 100 features and short films on TV and movies, and selected Tim Fewell from them.
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Figure skaters Guan Yingshan and Brian Boitano also participated in the filming, and guest starred in the film as commentators on the scene .
Ice Princess behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Casey Carlyle: [to Tina] If I wanted to compete?
Tina Harwood: You can't.
Casey Carlyle: Why not?
Tina Harwood: What happened was, the judges saw the same thing I've been seeing all summer. You got some raw talent. That's not enough for a shot at the regionals. You need a coach, a valet, a choreographer, private ice time. Nikki's parents took out a second mortgage to do this and Tiffany's dad works two jobs.
Casey Carlyle: Oh.
Tina Harwood: Where d'you get those skates?
Casey Carlyle: Garage sale.
Tina Harwood: They're falling off your feet. You need custom boots, $600 minimum, and the blades need to be sharpened every six weeks. You get it? I'm sorry. It is what it is. You have to want it. You have to want it more than anything else. It's not something you do on a whim.
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Joan Carlyle: [to Casey] I just can't get past the twinky little outfits.
Casey Carlyle: Mom, they're actually very aerodynamically sound.
Joan Carlyle: It sets us back 50 years. If I ever saw you squeezed into one of those things, I'd probably start crying.