Hugh Laurie directed some scenes when Ben Elton had to go to hospital for the birth of his children. Elton and his wife had been undergoing IVF treatment.
Dame Emma Thompson only worked one day.
Hugh Laurie and Joley Richardson were in a Previous film in (1996) 101 Dalmatians.
Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie reunited since the British show and Movie Blackadder.
Joely Richardson and Rachael Stirling play close friends in this film - despite the fact that Richardson had been named as co-respondent in the divorce of Stirling's parents.