5 facts about the famous Disney Channel franchise

15 years ago, Camp Rock premiered, the second Disney Channel original movie and one of the most popular on the channel to date. On its opening night in the United States, the production accumulated more than 8.9 million viewers, second only to High School Musical 2 among the features with the highest audience on the day of its release.

Directed by Matthew Diamond and produced by Alan Sacksthe feature film starring Demi Lovato beside the Jonas Brothers presents the story of Mitchie Torres, a girl who manages to go to the musical camp of her dreams after her mother gets a job as a cook and ends up getting involved with Shane Gray, a member of the band Connect 3 sent by her bandmates to the camp of his uncle in order to improve his arrogant behavior.

If you’re also a fan of the Camp Rock franchise, celebrate the 14th anniversary of the famous film’s release with 5 fun facts that you might not have known about the production!

1. No Nate and Jason?

According to the director Matthew DiamondCamp Rock’s initial script featured Shane only as the camp chief’s nephew, and his bandmates Nate and Jason did not exist.

History ended up being rewritten after Joe being cast in the lead role and the production decides it would like all the Jonas Brothers to participate in the feature, creating the characters just so that nick It is kevin could join the team.

2. No eating in the cafeteria

Have you noticed that during the scenes in the mess hall, we see the campers just putting their food out but never eating? This was done on purpose by the team to avoid continuity errors.

Diamond explained that the decision was made because “You don’t want your plates to not match. If they ate a whole taco the first time, but they look like they only had one bite the second time, and I have to cut between the first and second second take, you really can’t do that.”

3. True passion

Throughout the first film, it’s notable to see feelings develop between Mitchie and Shane as they begin to live together more and more – and this ended up going beyond the small screen. According to Demi Lovato, she ended up really falling in love with Joe Jonas during the very cute scene where they are face to face in the lake.

4. Fun behind the scenes

The fun camp atmosphere continued even after the cameras stopped rolling. In several interviews, the cast has already revealed that, during their time off, they used to play sports together, play pranks, or even hold parties with songs from the Spice Girls and Fergie.

5. Taylor Lautner Almost Was Shane Gray

Have you ever imagined someone else being Shane Gray without being the Joe Jonas? During casting, this nearly came to pass. Known for his roles in “Sharkboy and Lavagirl” and “Twilight”, the actor Taylor Lautner also auditioned for the role of the popstar, but, according to the Matthew, “We like him a lot. I think we thought he just wasn’t exactly right for the part.”