- California Doubling: Set in Boston, but filmed in a derelict newspaper printworks in Brighton. With some exterior shots done in...Toronto.
- Fake Nationality: Sam Riley, Enzo Cilenti and Noah Taylor all play Americans.
- Playing Against Type: Sam Riley is known for playing Byronic Heroes or Gothic pretty boys such as in Byzantium, Das Finstere Tal or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Here he plays a sleazy, dirty thug who's regularly beaten and bloodied.
- Production Posse: Michael Smiley returns for another Ben Wheatley film. The film is also edited by Wheatley's wife, Amy Jump.
- The Shelf of Movie Languishment: The film was finished in 2015, but not released until 2017.
- What Could Have Been:
- According to Sharlto Copley the film was originally meant to be a serious movie instead of a comedy.
- Olivia Wilde was set to play Justine, which was even reported on early movie posters. Luke Evans was originally cast as Vernon, who was going to be English.
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