 While several children earned speaking roles, most ended up as extras in the park montage or among the crowd at the bus station; sixty-seven girls are credited as Sprouts (the film's analogue to Brownies), most of whom only ever speak in unison.In addition to individuals who paid to appear in the film, Ally Claire Carson, who plays the role of Helen, is Eakin's daughter.Several other crew members and their families also have small parts or appear as extras, including Eakin himself as an airline passenger and producer Lorie Kapila and her family as the unnamed Muslim family in Chem City.