Happy Madison Productions moved the film to Columbia Pictures to produce the sequel due to creative differences with Touchstone Pictures. The Walt Disney Company (Touchstone's parent company) wanted a PG-13 sequel while Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider wanted it to be R-rated like Gigoló por accidente (1999).
Many of the Dutch extras and bit players are well-known actors and television personalities in The Netherlands who were eager for a small part in a Hollywood movie. Most of them didn't like the finished product. Erik de Vogel and Cees Geel admitted that they never watched it completely after all the bad reviews. However, both enjoyed working with Rob Schneider, praising his courteous manner on the set. Eddie Griffin, on the other hand, could become verbally abusive when someone made an error.
Rob Schneider personally asked Jeroen Krabbé to appear in the film, literally begging him on his knees. After accepting, Schneider sent him a big bouquet of flowers. Krabbé was flattered with all the attention, but was finally persuaded to accept by his son Jakob, who was a big fan of Gigoló por accidente (1999). Schneider had nothing but praise for Krabbé afterwards, calling him the friendliest actor he had ever worked with. Krabbé, however, regretted doing the movie, and has refused to discuss it ever since.
The city of Amsterdam allowed the production access to the city for filming, thinking that it would be good for their image. However, many inhabitants were unhappy with the crew because they had to give up their parking space for a week during filming, and the public relations agency was very displeased with the way that Amsterdam was portrayed in the finished product. The city has since appointed a film commission that has to approve all requests for filming.
Upon learning that the film received five Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Award nominations, Rob Schneider took out a full page ad in the trades, boasting that the film was nominated for Worst Picture, Worst Actor - Rob Schneider, Worst Remake or Sequel, Worst Screenplay, and Worst Screen Couple - Rob Schneider and his diaper. Schneider later won the Worst Actor award.