Certain soccer stunt scenes for Jaiyah (Kaimana) were performed by the real life Jaiyah Saelua herself.
The film, shot in November and December of 2019, would have marked Armie Hammer's final role before numerous rape and abuse allegations were made against him, after which Hammer was dropped by his acting agency and publicist. The movie required re-shoots, for which Hammer was not available (he stepped down from the spotlight) and Will Arnett replaced him.
The red football scarf Rongen hangs on his coat rack while decorating his new home is AFC Ajax, the famous Dutch football club from his town of birth Amsterdam.
Will Arnett had teased that he was working on the reshoots on the Smartless podcast long before it was reported in news outlets.
In the infamous 2001 31-0 loss, the American Samoa team were troubled by passport issues as most of the team had Samoan rather than US passports, meaning only one member of their original 20-man senior team, 20-year-old goalkeeper Nicky Salapu, eligible to play. He was named captain for the match. American Samoa was also unable to call their under-20 players because most of them were involved in high school exams at the time. They were forced to draft in youth players, including three 15-year-old players, to put together a makeshift team with an average age of 18. Some of the team's players had never played a full 90-minute match before the match with Australia.