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Gangster No. 1
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  • In the opening bathroom scene, it is actually director Paul McGuigan at the urinal, according to the director's commentary.

  • Jamie Foreman (Lennie Taylor) is the son of Freddie Foreman, a notorious gangster who used to run with the Kray Brothers. His life was the basis for the movie The Long Good Friday (1980).

  • Loosely based on the life of real-life mobster Frankie Fraser.

  • The two actors who play the "gangster" at the two points in his life are 7 inches different in height.

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