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According to Max Julien on the DVD commentary, Richard Pryor and producer Harvey Bernhard had a heated argument during filming. Later that night, Pryor was going to Bernhard's hotel room to attack him with a sock filled with ball bearings, until Julien calmed Pryor down.

Director Michael Campus described working with Richard Pryor as "difficult", claiming he would often show up high, if at all. He was surprised how well the performance came off in the finished product.

The infamous Player's Ball scene was largely Richard Pryor's idea. Other parts of the story Pryor took directly from people who he knew living this lifestyle. These included putting a man in the trunk of a car with rats, and forcing a drug pusher to stab himself at gun point.

Max Julien found the scene where the cop is shown to be sleeping with a big, black woman offensive. Michael Campus shot it behind his back. When he asked why he shot the scene, Michael Campus said he wanted the character to be shown as decadent. Julien found this even more offensive, because of the girls race and weight making it decadent. To this day, Julien finds this one scene to be his only regret about the film. The actress in the scene (Norma McClure) is said to not have been acting, and did not enjoy doing the scene.

According to Max Julien on the DVD commentary, producer Harvey Bernhard was against casting Richard Pryor in the film because of Pryor's notorious behavior. Pryor had become notorious in Hollywood for allegedly urinating on Shelley Winters while filming Wild in the Streets (1968).