Actor Tom Sizemore agreed to play the part of "Marsh" in 2010 but became unavailable in 2011, after his rehab comeback.
The South St. Louis location of Tony's apartment is rumored to have a ghost. One of the crew believes he saw one a couple nights prior to the principal photography beginning there.
Four different white vans were used during filming as JoJo's van.
The bad guy character "Marsh" played by actor Sean Pritchard was strongly influenced by the character "Dim" in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange."
A hen lived next door to the "drug house" and made several appearances in the yard to scout for food during the principal photography.