- According to Charles Lane, the scene in which Lane confronts Glass in front of TNR magazine covers was virtually verbatim retelling of the actual events.

- Writer/Director Billy Ray first came to this project when HBO, which had optioned a Buzz Bissinger article about the Stephen Glass (II) debacle, hired Ray to adapt the article into a…More

- Amy Brand (Melanie Lynskey) had no costume changes, and wore the same outfit the entire movie.