Chris Evans and Jaeden Martell play father and son in this project. They previously appeared together in Comment séduire une amie (2014), playing the same character at different ages, and in À couteaux tirés (2019) playing cousins.
Leading man Chris Evans and original author William Landay are both from Boston (MA), Landay having served as an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts before becoming a writer. Evans' Andy Barber plays an assistant DA in Newton, the city in which Landay's novel takes place.
Sarah Ghrol (Jordan Alexa Davis) has a poster in her room titled "Zdenka Cerny: The greatest Bohemian cellist" by Czech painter Alfons Mucha.
J.K. Simmons plays Billy Barber, a convicted murderer. In the HBO series Oz (1997) he also played a violent inmate.
J.K. Simmons plays Billy Barber, father of Chris Evans ' character Andy Barber. Both have starred in Marvel Cinematic Movies [MCU]. J.K. in a cameo as J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). Evans as Captain America Steve Rogers in his own movies and The Avengers films. Both actors have also played other comic book characters. Evans as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in Les 4 Fantastiques (2005). Simmons as Chief Gordon in Justice League (2017).