2. The chimp loved doing the tricks, especially in the skate bowl. The trainer rewarded him with these delicious-looking fruit jellies that I really wanted to try, but Jack had his own private stash and wouldn’t share.— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018
4. The characters are all named after my friends because I assumed I’d get fired & it'd be my only proof I worked on the movie. When the players walk down the hall & you see the backs of their jerseys, those are my friends' last names.— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018
6. The 1st MVP is all about hockey & the plan was the same for the sequel. Changing up the main sport happened because I know so little about hockey. But I was into skate culture as a teen so I pitched switching hockey to skateboarding to keep the franchise "fresh"...— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018
7. I’d never written a movie before so I modeled my script on Pulp Fiction, including the run-time. My 1st draft was 134 pages, which equals a 134-minute movie. The director referred to it as “War & Peace with Chimps”. MVP2’s final run-time: 87 minutes.— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018
8. I chose Seattle for the new hockey franchise because they really don't have an NHL team. SHOCKINGLY the NHL didn’t approve their branding on a movie about a hockey-playing ape framed for biting a rival player, so NHL became ZHL.— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018
9. I still have a hoodie with the Seattle Simians logo. It’s my only memento of the shoot. I mean, other than the beautiful memories. pic.twitter.com/8S6b0MT1gm— Elan Mastai (@elanmastai) October 26, 2018