Hannah Montana

Cast and Crew

While on set, Miley Cyrus taught Emily Osment how to play guitar, and Emily Osment taught Miley Cyrus to knit.
Alyson Stoner and Jordan McCoy were considered for the role of Zoe Stewart. But the role was handed over to Miley Cyrus then changed to Miley Stewart.
Former American Juniors finalist Jordan McCoy, pop and R&B singer JoJo (who rejected the role), and actress Alyson Stoner were considered for the role of Zoe Stewart.

Composition

The opening sequence is set on a concert stage and features episode clips of each cast member when each cast member's name appears. Each cast member's name is "wiped" on the screen in a marquee light style. The sequence then switches to full screen episode clips (most of the clips used in the season one version of the sequence were of the early produced episodes) with the creator's names appearing in the second-to-last clip. The show's title logo design appears at the beginning and again at the

Episodic

Location

Production

When the show was in the process of getting written there were three working names for Hannah Montana they were the following: Ana CaBana, Samantha York and Alexis Texas. The writer was intended to use Alexis Texas but thought it would overrate Texas as a "hillbilly" state so before the pilot was shot they switched it to "Hannah Montana".
Miley Cyrus originally auditioned for the role of the "best friend" Lilly Romero, later changed to Lilly Truscott, but they thought she would be better for the main character, so she tried out for Zoe Stewart/Hannah Montana, changed to Miley Stewart when she got the part. Zoe Stewart was later changed to Chloe Stewart, which was eventually changed to Miley. The names of Hannah Montana were changed a few times. Three of the previous names were Anna Cabana, Samantha York, and Alexis Texas.

Reference

In the episode where Robbie Ray hurts his back doing the limbo, he says "Ow, my achey, breaky back!" a reference to the popular 90's country song "Achey, Breaky, Heart" sung by Billy Ray Cyrus.