Jennifer Grey, who starred as Baby in Dirty Dancing (1987), turned down a role in this remake of the original film. When asked her reasons for declining, Grey said: "I was asked to do something on that show and I was flattered because I always want to be asked because it's nice to want to be included. But for me, it would be sacrosanct for me to do it because it didn't feel appropriate to me. It feels like if you're going to do your own thing, do your own thing. I wouldn't say [what role was offered] but I will tell you, it wasn't Baby!"
One of five films to be a remake of a Patrick Swayze film. The other four are Gôsuto (2010), Red Dawn (2012), Point Break (2015) and Road House (2024).
The song that Katey Sagal sings (Fever) is the same song that Kelly Bundy danced to in season 3 of Married with Children (Kelly Bundy was Katey Sagal's daughter on MWC)
Nicole Scherzinger nearly turned down the role of Penny due to her personal opposition to abortion.
Bruce Greenwood, Dr. Houseman, went on to play Dr. Bell in The Resident.