The scene where Anna breaks down in the car was completely unscripted. "We were filming Libby driving when she decided to improvise a compelete emotional breakdown. We just kept the cameras rolling. It was a beautiful moment of film-making" (Darren Scott, Director).
Two days of filming were spent in a green screen studio. These scenes were later scrapped and filmed in real location as "it would have taken us longer to CGI these scenes into something realistic than the rest of the film took to make. Probably would have cost more too!"
The first character you see speaking in the film is the film's screenwriter Geoff Saunders, who's own battle with testicular cancer is the inspiration behind the story.
Three months after attending the premiere of the movie, one member of the audience got in touch with the production team to say that as a result of seeing the film he had 'got himself checked out' and was diagnosed with cancer. He has now been treated and in on the way to recovery.
The film's director, Darren Scott, also directed the first two stage productions of 'Hanging in There'. In 2005, at the Loft Theatre, Leamington Spa and in 2006 at the Criterion Theatre in Coventry.
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