Trivia

John Hawkes placed a cushion under one side of his back to achieve the look of Mark O'Brien's distorted spine.

To prepare for his role, John Hawkes read every word written by Mark O'Brien.

Writer-director Ben Lewin is a polio victim himself. He was researching a semi-autobiographical sitcom when he stumbled on the internet on the story of Mark O'Brien and sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen Greene.

The movie is based on the article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate", by 'Mark O'Brien (III)', from the May 1990 issue of The Sun magazine.

John Hawkes avoided exercising before and during filming.