In a 2018 interview with Hammer to Nail, Matthew Porterfield spoke about working with Jim Belushi on the film: "We were working with a casting agent in New York, who gave me a list of names of male actors of an appropriate age, and Jim Belushi stood out, because I knew a little bit about his background and his family history, the fact that he comes from working-class roots, that he's a father. We spoke, via Skype, and he really connected to the material. He had gone and watched all three of my previous films and had things to say about them, and I realized he was very serious. (laughs) I mean, I knew he was professional, given all his years of experience in television and film and improv, and he brought that to the piece, into the role. He was wonderful and really understood the material deeply and for the things he didn't understand, was ready with questions and willing to talk."