8.
Ricci
and
Sawa
were
also
love
interests
in Now
&
Then,
which
also
came
out
in
1995.
And
it
was
Ricci
who
recommended
Sawa
for
the
role
of
Scott
Wormer.
“I
credit
her
for
getting
that
role,”
Sawa
told
E!
News. “We
got
along
quite
well
in
the
small
amount
of
time
I
did
work
on Casper.
We
are
the
same
age
and
I
ended
up
going
and
doing
school
with
her
while
I
was
there.
I
worked
one
or
two
days,
but
I
was
there
for
maybe
two
weeks.
She
just
remembered
and
recommended
me
and
I
put
myself
on
tape
and
I
got
it.
We
hung
out
a
lot
during
the
shoot.”
9.
Well,
it
may
have
been
because
of
puppy
love, as
it
was
later
revealed
by Now
&
Then star Thora
Birch that
there
was
a
bit
of
a “contest”
on
set
for
Sawa’s
affection,
with
Birch
going
on
to
say
Ricci
won.
But
Sawa
denied
the
crush
claim,
telling
E!
News, “No,
I
didn’t
know. I
think
I
was
14
or
something
like
that.
They
were
all
so
lovely,
all
four
of
them.”
10.
In
order
to
get
A-listers
like Mel
Gibson and Clint
Eastwood to
make
quick
cameos
in
the
film,
producer Steven
Spielberg assured
them
he
would
also
be
making
a
cameo
in
the
same
scene.
The
only
problem?
Spielberg’s
cameo
was
ultimately
removed
from
the
final
cut,
with
Silbering
telling Entertainment
Weekly, “I
had
to
tell
Steven, ‘You’re
not
the
strongest
of
the
group
…
[he]
was
sort
of
relieved.
He
felt
compelled
to
do
the
cameo
since
he
asked
for
favors,
but
he’s
not
an
actor.
Doing
the
cameo,
he
was
as
nervous
as
anything.”
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