The Peach Pit was one of the most well known settings from the show — a diner and favorite hangout of all the characters. According to executive producer Charles Rosin, the setting was based on a real diner called The Apple Pan in West Los Angeles. A lot of “Beverly Hills 90210” took place in that diner.
While The Peach Pit is pure fiction, The Apple Pan is still around. As musician Tori Amos says, it even serves the best burgers in the world! What fan of the show didn’t want to spend an afternoon with all the characters chowing down on some delicious food?
Luke Perry Could Have Played Steve
Luke Perry became one of the teen heartthrobs of the nineties. He played bad boy Dylan, the kind of guy you can not take home to mom because she might steal him. However, Perry originally auditioned for rich brat Steve Sanders, believe it or not.
The casting directors definitely got it right, though, when they decided to have Perry play Dylan, and let Ian Ziering have the part of Sanders. Both characters changed over the course of ten years of "Beverly Hills 90210," and both got the chance to show their sensitive sides too. They went on true character arcs.
No Farewell Part for Priestley
After spending nine years of his life playing the lead character Brandon, Jason Priestly had also gotten a taste of producing and directing TV as time went on. Despite these accolades, his last day on the show actually left him with a sour feeling.
When his final scene was done, he gave farewell hugs to members of the cast and crew, packed up all his stuff, and got in his car. There was no party, no big speeches, or anything else. He said he felt like he had wasted nine years of his life – but he could have stayed longer.
Lying by Omission
Other than Gabrielle Carteris who played Andrea, there is another famous face who was much older than the character he played. Ian Ziering chose not to tell producers his real age when he auditioned for the part of sixteen-year-old Steve Sanders. He was twenty-eight, but that question went unasked.
He later said that during the audition for "Beverly Hills 90210," he was thinking: “If they're going to buy it, I'm going to sell it!” He sold it well enough, and the producers, as well as audiences all around the world, bought it. The rest was history, and played that character so convincingly.
Tori Spelling Acted as Peacemaker
Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty had legendary battles on set, and it usually fell to Tori Spelling to break it off before things escalate. Garth says that Doherty never kept her ideas to herself, even though Garth relates she never did it very nicely.
They may have acted like best friends – or at least frenemies – on the show, but putting teenager actresses together and you'll often find flying sparks. Spelling tried her hardest to smooth things over, but more often than not failed. Doherty and Garth have since made up, and they might have Spelling to thank for whatever remained of their relationship.