According to director Sean Baker, Simon Rex was offered the role over the phone after having been sent the script and agreed, saying that he would fly to Texas in three days. Three days later Rex arrived in Texas having memorized all of his - very long - lines.
Simon Rex accepted the role directly from director Sean Baker, who does not like to deal with agents. Rex's agent did not know he was involved in the film until after he completed filming.
Before rising to prominence as a VJ and actor in the 1990s, Simon Rex got his start filming solo pornographic videos under the alias "Sebastian."
Suzanna Son told the LA Times that the first time she watched the finished film, alone in the kitchen of her L.A. home, she was so anxious about how her sex scene would play that she paused it to shake out her nerves with a little dance and ended up breaking her foot. She said, "The movie is there paused on my breasts, staring at me. I threw up on the carpet and kept watching, man. That tells you how much I needed to see it." Five days later, Son was on the red carpet in Cannes for the film's premiere in a wheelchair with a cast on her foot.
Cast member Brittney Rodriguez was spotted by director Sean Baker while she was walking her chihuahua and he was so impressed by her appearance that he offered her a role on the spot.