At the end of every week, Christian, David, and the other Newsies cast members would pull special pranks on director Kenny Ortega , many of which included filling his trailer with newspapers and soaking him with waterguns before leaving at the end of shooting.
David: It's pretty strenuous, because everything is really physical. All the things we do is running around, and jumping, and dancing, and singing and so it's-you get home and you're really tired and you, basically crash.