The show that Payton (Madison Pettis) is watching is Hannah Montana. Madison Pettis also acted in the series, specifically playing the daughter of the President of the United States.
Dwayne Johnson met his future wife Lauren Hashian on the recording set.
Filming had to stop for several months after Dwayne Johnson tore his Achilles tendon during football practice.
At the beginning of the film, Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson) drives a silver Mercedes-Benz SLR sports car. When his daughter appears, the manager buys Kingman a "family" Mercedes-Benz R-Class car.
There are many references to Elvis Presley in the film (including songs and posters), because The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) and director Andy Fickman are Elvis fans.
The football referees were from the New England Football Officials Association.
The film had an estimated budget of 22 million dollars, which it earned back in its first week in the United States.
Dwayne Johnson, in real life, played American football with the University of Miami team in the 1990s.
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