40 Fun Facts About Love, Simon

On which carnival ride does Simon Spier wait for Blue to reveal himself at the end of Love, Simon?

The Ferris wheel draws a crowd of cheering classmates, and Simon keeps riding until he runs out of tickets.

Which French pseudonym does Simon Spier use to email his anonymous classmate Blue in Love, Simon?

Jacques is a wink at Jacques a dit, the French name for the playground game Simon Says.

Which star of Alias and 13 Going on 30 plays Emily Spier, Simon's mother, in Love, Simon?

Jennifer Garner has since called it the most important film she has ever been part of.

Which classmate sits beside Simon at the school carnival and reveals himself as Blue in Love, Simon?

Bram had thrown Simon off the scent months earlier, when Simon walked in on him kissing a girl.

Love, Simon is set in the suburbs of which Southern city, where the film was also shot?

Atlanta stayed the setting for the spin-off series Love, Victor, whose hero moves there with his family from Texas.

Love, Simon's Katherine Langford and Miles Heizer also starred together in which Netflix teen drama?

13 Reasons Why made Langford a Golden Globe nominee as Hannah Baker, while Heizer played Alex Standall.

Which ceremony gave Love, Simon its Best Kiss prize, shared by Simon and the classmate revealed as Blue?

The MTV Movie & TV Awards also nominated the film for Best Musical Moment, and it took Choice Movie – Comedy at that summer's Teen Choice Awards.

Critics repeatedly compared Love, Simon to the 1980s teen films of which American writer-director?

John Hughes was the touchstone: USA Today said the film gave gay teen romance his treatment, and the Associated Press praised its timeless touch.

Which major Hollywood studio released Love, Simon, the first big-studio film about a gay teenage romance?

20th Century Fox developed it through its Fox 2000 label, which was working on the adaptation in 2015, the year the novel came out.

Which streaming service premiered Love, Victor, the Love, Simon spin-off series first ordered by Disney+?

Hulu took the series in February 2020, months before its debut, and the third and final season was released on both services at once.

Which actor from Jurassic World and Everything, Everything stars as Simon Spier in Love, Simon?

Nick Robinson had sworn off playing high schoolers, but broke his own rule after reading the script because he saw the film's cultural importance.

Which classmate blackmails Simon Spier with his private emails to get closer to a girl in Love, Simon?

Martin later tries to make amends by paying for one more carnival ride when Simon runs out of tickets.

Which actor from the Transformers films plays Simon's father, a former quarterback, in Love, Simon?

Josh Duhamel had already worked with the film's director on Life as We Know It, a 2010 film in which he starred opposite Katherine Heigl.

Which Arrested Development and Veep actor plays Mr. Worth, the awkward vice principal, in Love, Simon?

Tony Hale won two Emmys as Gary Walsh in Veep and went on to voice Forky in the Toy Story films.

Which singer's 1987 hit soundtracks Simon's daydream of dancing through college in Love, Simon?

Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance with Somebody was very expensive to license, and the director wrapped filming two days early to help pay for the soundtrack.

Which author of the novel behind Love, Simon makes a cameo appearance in one of its cafeteria scenes?

Becky Albertalli worked as a psychologist until 2012, specialising in LGBTQ teens, and then decided to try writing a novel.

Who is the first person Simon comes out to face to face in Love, Simon, after a diner rehearsal?

Abby had only recently joined his circle, while his two oldest friends had known him since kindergarten.

At which diner chain do Simon and two classmates rehearse lines for the school musical in Love, Simon?

Waffle House is where Simon bonds with a server named Lyle and starts to suspect that he might be Blue.

On which night of the year are Simon's private emails posted to the school gossip site in Love, Simon?

Christmas Eve is when the blackmailer leaks them to deflect from his own public humiliation, so Simon comes out to his parents the next morning.

Which television producer behind Arrow, The Flash and Riverdale directed Love, Simon for the cinema?

Greg Berlanti had earlier run Dawson's Creek, where he overcame network resistance to let a gay character have an on-screen kiss.

Which Fifth Harmony member duetted with Khalid on Love Lies, the hit single from the Love, Simon soundtrack?

Normani made it her first single outside the group, and it climbed to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

Which Australian actor and singer, Kid Flash in The Flash, plays Simon's love interest in Love, Simon?

Keiynan Lonsdale said the role helped him come to terms with his own sexuality, and he came out publicly in 2017, the year the film was shot.

The novel's school production of Oliver! becomes which other stage musical in the film Love, Simon?

Cabaret, overseen by the school's exasperated drama teacher, struck Variety's critic as hilariously awful.

Which actress, Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, plays the newest member of Simon's friend group in Love, Simon?

Alexandra Shipp first drew attention playing the singer Aaliyah in a 2014 television film, a role for which she also sang.

Which Bleachers frontman and pop producer curated the Love, Simon soundtrack and wrote several of its songs?

Jack Antonoff's band supplied the first track released from the album, Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song).

Which grade did audiences polled by CinemaScore give Love, Simon on its opening weekend in cinemas?

A+ is the highest mark on CinemaScore's scale, and the opening-weekend crowd was mostly female and mostly under 25.

Which pop singer recorded Strawberries & Cigarettes, the third song released from the Love, Simon soundtrack?

Troye Sivan co-wrote the song, which earned a Satellite Award nomination for Original Song.

Which Insecure and The White Lotus actress plays Ms. Albright, the drama teacher, in Love, Simon?

Natasha Rothwell reprised the role in Love, Victor, in which Ms. Albright has been promoted to vice principal.

Temple Hill, the production company behind Love, Simon, also made which blockbuster young-adult film saga?

Twilight producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen set up Temple Hill in 2006 and went on to make The Fault in Our Stars.

Love, Simon screenwriters Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker were also showrunners of which hit family drama?

This Is Us had the pair among its showrunners, and they later returned to Simon's world to run the spin-off series Love, Victor.

What is the name of the Spier family's dog in Love, Simon, shared with a Canadian music star?

Bieber the dog shares the film with his namesake: Justin Bieber's As Long as You Love Me is one of the songs heard in it.

Which fictional high school do Simon Spier and, later, the hero of the spin-off Love, Victor both attend?

Creekwood High is where the spin-off's new student first hears Simon's story, then messages him for advice.

What does a lovestruck classmate interrupt at a school football game to declare his feelings in Love, Simon?

The national anthem stunt backfires: the girl says she does not share his feelings, and he becomes a target of ridicule.

What did stars including Kristen Bell and Neil Patrick Harris do so that more people could see Love, Simon?

Bought out theaters, with every seat given away: the stars offered free screenings because they believed the film carried an important message.

Which actor plays Victor Salazar, the teenager who messages Simon for advice, in the spin-off series Love, Victor?

Michael Cimino's Victor comes from a half Puerto Rican, half Colombian-American family that has just moved from Texas.

Which cookie is Simon Spier devoted to in Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the novel behind Love, Simon?

Oreos are his fixation in the book, while his pen pal Blue has a weakness for Reese's peanut butter cups.

Which future Outer Banks star had an early film role as Garrett, one of Simon's classmates in Love, Simon?

Drew Starkey also appeared in The Hate U Give that year, before finding fame as the troubled Rafe Cameron.

Love, Simon had its world premiere at the Mardi Gras Film Festival, held in which city?

Sydney's LGBTQ film festival showed it on 27 February 2018, more than two weeks before it opened in American cinemas.

Which singer-songwriter's lyrics inspired Simon's secret email address in the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda?

Elliott Smith is Simon's great musical passion in the book, even though Simon himself is usually stuck with bit parts in school shows.

At which event does Simon wrongly rule out one Blue suspect after seeing him with a girl in Love, Simon?

A Halloween party is where Simon walks in on the kiss, which the classmate later explains away as a drunken mistake.