The Main Cast

Something very interesting of this movie has to do with the characters. Most of the character's names are their real names. Moreover, the movie was set in Oregon, Portland where the massacre occured and, also, most of the them come from that city. The purpose of this elements was to make the movie more real and some things were added to the character's performances.

In addition, some of the activities that they do are done in their real life as well. Elias is a photographer, and Alex plays the piano.

The principal idea is to show the students doing their duties as they normaly do, and for this Van Sant needed typical teenangers who were able to improvise and acting as they are.