The film had its world premiere in Dallas, Texas the same evening that the SAG-AFTRA strike ended. Many of the actors found out the news through journalists on the red carpet.
Outside of his acting career, Ryan Nemeth (who plays Gino Hernandez) is a professional wrestler with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs as "The Hollywood Hunk." In 2016 he competed against Kevin Von Erich's real-life sons Ross and Marshall, in Dallas, Texas.
Maxwell Friedman is a real-life professional wrestler; he was born Maxwell Tyler Friedman. He is better known by his ring name Maxwell Jacob Friedman (often abbreviated to MJF) and signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). At the time of this film's release, he was the reigning World Champion for the promotion. And it was the longest reign in the title's history at that point. Friedman having won it on November 19, 2022. However, only eight days after this movie's release, Friedman lost the title to Samoa Joe at the AEW - Worlds End pay-per-view on December 30, 2023.
Fritz asks Kerry about a wrestler by the name of "Hellwig". He is referring to Jim Hellwig, better known as The Ultimate Warrior, who later legally changed his name to just Warrior.