- The film won the Jury Award and Audience Choice Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and Fox Searchlight immediately bought the distribution rights for US$12 million. This is the most expensive film in Sundance history.
- The night before the audition, in order to get acquainted with each other quickly and avoid embarrassment in the scene, Thomas Mann and Olivia Cook had a meal together.
- A year before getting the script, film director Alfonso Gomez-Rihon experienced the pain of losing his father. He devoted all his energy to directing "Glee" and "American Horror Story" to paralyze himself with his work. However, in the end he chose to use this film to face the pain of losing his loved one.
- The film photographer, Jeong Jung-hoon, is a Korean. He was once a royal photographer directed by Park Chan-wook. He has filmed "Old Boy" and "The Kindly Gold".
- The home of Greg in the film is actually the childhood home of Jesse Andrews, the screenwriter and original author of the novel.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl quotes
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Greg: We make films. We've been making them since we were little...
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Greg: Ugh, tests... I've been there.