The New Year's Eve sequence was turned into an actual party for the cast and crew, and the celebrating was real.
Taye Diggs (Benny) and Idina Menzel (Maureen) fell in love while performing as part of the original Broadway cast and were married for 10 years, before separating in 2013.
Taye Diggs (Benny), Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Angel), Jesse L. Martin (Collins), Idina Menzel (Maureen), Adam Pascal (Roger), and Anthony Rapp (Mark) are all from the original Broadway cast of "Rent" in 1996 and are playing their original roles.
During "The Tango Maureen", the eyebrow lift and jacket toss were added because the actors were having fun during rehearsals and the director Chris Columbus liked it.
At the very end of the credits, 'Thank you, Jonathan Larson' comes onto the screen. This could be seen as a reference to the showing of Rent after Jonathan Larson died. Jonathan Larson died the night before the show began previews off-Broadway, and the entire cast elected to perform a run-through of just the songs to all of Jonathan's family and friends in tribute of Jonathan's most prestigious work. At the end of the performance, the entire audience sat silent for what seemed like forever until a young male voice in the back of the house shouted that line.
Keith Young: the film's choreographer is the man who catches the pool cue Maureen throws in "Take Me or Leave Me".
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