There’s a very specific reason why the confessionals are filmed in the school hallway.
2.Quinta named the show after one of her childhood teachers, Joyce Abbott.
4.The confessionals are intentionally filmed in the school hallway to show how busy the teachers are.
There’s a very specific reason why the confessionals are filmed in the school hallway.
5.Sheryl Lee Ralph first wanted to play Ava (Janelle James).
6.Sheryl initially thought her character Barbara Howard would be “invisible.”
7.Abbottis one of Janelle James' first major acting roles.
8.Chris Perfetti wasn’t on the initial casting list for Jacob.
10.Quinta wanted Daniel Radcliffe to play Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis)’s son.
11.Ava’s line, “You know they eat the hottest people first.
Let me back my tasty ass up,” was improvised.
12.Janine is agnostic.
14.Finally, Quinta doesn’t want to do an episode involving a school shooting.
