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===Casting=== Babbit recruited Clea DuVall, who had starred in her short film ''Sleeping Beauties'', to play the role of Graham Eaton. She met much of the cast through DuVall, including Natasha Lyonne and [[Melanie Lynskey]].<ref name=":1" /> Lyonne first saw the script in the back of DuVall's car and contacted her agent about it;<ref name=":3" /> having seen and enjoyed ''Sleeping Beauties'', she was eager to work with her.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Judd |first=Daniel |date=2007-09-27 |title=Jamie Babbit |url=http://www.rainbownetwork.com/Film/detail.asp?iData=9110&iChannel=14&nChannel=Film |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Rainbow Network |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223954/http://www.rainbownetwork.com/Film/detail.asp?iData=9110&iChannel=14&nChannel=Film |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Lyonne was not the first choice for the role of Megan. Another actress had wanted to play the part but eventually turned it down due to her religious beliefs and not wanting her family to see her on the poster.<ref name=":1" /> [[Rosario Dawson]] was also considered for Megan, but her executive producer persuaded her that Dawson, who is [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]], would not be right for the All-American character.<ref name=":4" /> A conscious effort was made to cast [[Person of color|people of color]] in supporting roles to combat what Babbit described as "racism at every level of making movies."<ref name=":4" /> From the beginning, she intended the characters of Mike (played by [[RuPaul]]), Dolph ([[Dante Basco]]) and Andre ([[Douglas Spain]]) to be [[African American]], [[Asian people|Asian]] and Hispanic, respectively. She initially considered [[Arsenio Hall]] for the character of Mike but Hall was uncomfortable playing a gay role.<ref name=":5" /> As Mike, RuPaul made a rare appearance out of [[Drag (clothing)|drag]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-17 |title=Ladies' Man: An Interview with Superdiva RuPaul |url=http://www.drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=908 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017180115/http://www.drdrew.com/DrewLive/article.asp?id=908 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Cheerleader-pickets.jpg|thumb|alt=Three young women and three young men stand in a line, with an older woman and man. The women wear vivid pink skirts and tops and the men wear vivid blue shorts and shirts. They hold placards, also in bright blue and pink, including "Silly Faggots; Dicks are for Chicks" and "Procreate". One young woman, without a placard, throws a rock in front of her.|The True Directions campers picket the ex-ex-gays. Intense colors were used to represent the artificiality of heteronormativity.]]
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