Matt Dillon and Richard Jenkins both previously appeared in Mary à tout prix (1998), which shares a similar plot to this film. Both films involve different men all falling for the same woman. Dillon plays one of the men in both films and Jenkins plays a similar role in both films as well. In "Mary" he plays a therapist to whom Ben Stiller tells his story and in this film he plays a priest to whom John Goodman tells his story.
Mr. Burmeister's (Michael Douglas) hairstyle is modeled after the hairstyle of Dennis Hopper's character Frank Booth from the thriller Blue Velvet (1986).