Anecdotes

Much of the drug use in the movie was toned down from Michael Alig and James St. James's actual habits for fear it would seem unbelievable.

Macaulay Culkin visited the real Michael Alig in prison to prepare for his role.

The talk show scene the Club Kids appear on was shot on set of The Montel Williams Show (1991), free of charge.

The exteriors of Michael's apartment building were shots of where the real Michael Alig actually used to live.

Seth Green also met with the real James St. James before filming.