The leading female character "Ava" (played by Brenna Coates) is named after Director Ethan Hickey's long term girlfriend, Ava Raemisch. Hickey also named David's mother "Dianne" (Janet Porter) and his father "Matthew" (Kevin Bundy) after his own mother and father, and Ava's son "Dylan" (Jesse Gervasi) was named after Hickey's childhood best friend.