Producer JJ Abrams frequently casts his friend Greg Grunberg in his movies and TV shows. Grunberg has a small role in this movie.
David Schwimmer was so busy filming this movie that he missed his Friends (1994) co-star Lisa Kudrow's wedding.
Gwyneth Paltrow was engaged to Brad Pitt at this time. They would break up the following year and he would go on to marry Jennifer Aniston, who was David Schwimmer's co-star on Friends.
Both Michael Rapaport (Brad Schorr) and Michael Vartan (Scott) did guest spots on Friends (1994) which starred David Schwimmer (Tom Thompson).
One of the music tracks that composer Stewart Copeland wrote for the film, "Bill is Dead", was later remixed for the 1998 video game "Spyro the Dragon", which Stewart also composed. It was used as the music for the Lofty Castle level, where it played at a faster pace and with a few minor differences in instrumentation.