Stories from the set

Director and screenwriter Derek Presley wrote the screenplay for this drama while he was filming the action film "Boon" (2022). Due to COVID restrictions in 2021, the crew of "Boon" and the actors involved in the film were isolated outside the set, which gave Presley time to work on the screenplay.

Due to a tight schedule, Ed Westwick, who played Chuck in the series Gossip Girl (2007-2012), would fly out of London and audition in makeup for two hours that same evening. He would then film his scenes and return to London the very next day. All of this took him less than 48 hours. Producer Jason Stern offered him the role of Donahue (later played by Vernon Davis), Poe's partner (a role that went to Billy Blair), but Westwick turned down the offer, preferring the role of Stanley Robertson.

During the shooting period, director and screenwriter Derek Presley asked Billy Blair not to sleep more than 4-5 hours a day so that his character would look the part.

A significant portion of the film was shot using natural light. Derek Presley specifically searched for tents and awnings all over Deep Ellum (a residential neighborhood in the eastern part of Dallas).

Derek Presley wrote the roles of Poe and Rush specifically for Billy Blair and Jason Coviello.

Applying Ed Westwick's makeup took 4 hours.

Filming in Deep Ellum was not initially planned. The filmmakers considered shooting in Chicago, Las Vegas, and New Orleans.

The bars where filming took place were not closed during the shoot, so extras had to be filmed mixed in with real bar patrons.

Initially, Derek Presley intended to shoot specially made neon signs with the names of the actors and crew members involved in the film, but the pleasure turned out to be too expensive, so producer Jason Stern shot them using an "LED Wall" (an image technology consisting of a large number of light-emitting diodes arranged in a matrix to create a video panel). A similar effect to the one intended was achieved at a much lower cost.