The day before shooting Natasha Lyonne (Megan) had gotten drunk and was tattooed on her back shoulder at a shop on Hollywood Boulevard. The director was very upset because Natasha had to film scenes in a sports bra doing cheer routines. The director said to her "How could you do this?" and Natasha responded, "I don't know what happened!"
Melanie Lynskey was Jamie Babbit's first choice to play Hilary after the director had seen her in Heavenly Creatures (1994) and Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998). Additionally, Lynskey had already worked with Natasha Lyonne (Megan) in Detroit Rock City (1999).
Despite mixed reviews and limited distribution, this film has endured among the LGBTQIA+ community due its fervent rejection of heteronormativity and its celebration of queerness at each stage of production. It has since become a cult-film.
Clea DuVall and Natasha Lyonne appeared as guest judges on RuPaul's show RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) in two consecutive weeks in season 11.