While still in character and on a break at a pizza parlor, Jeff Eberly and Pedro C. Hernandez got into a fight with a group of locals. Despite having the upper hand in the fight, Jeff and Pedro feared the locals would retaliate, causing production to wrap early.
The source inspiration, Robert Pickerelli passed away while in pre-production of Beginning To See The Light, an exsistential comedy written by Fernando Saiz. The resources and momentum from that production carried into The Scum of the Earth, including the majority of the actors.