According to the Smoking Gun website, "Vince Vaughn was arrested by North Carolina cops in April 2001 and charged with fighting in public for his part in a brawl outside a New Hanover County bar (the movie star was in town working on the film Domestic Disturbance). During the mêlée, fellow actor Steve Buscemi was stabbed several times. Vaughn entered a no contest plea and the minor charge was dropped six months later."
Actors Vince Vaughn and Steve Buscemi and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg were involved in a barroom brawl at the Firebelly Lounge in Wilmington, North Carolina, during filming.
This film was edited three times for strong language and violence to receive a PG-13 rating by the MPAA. The film contains numerous scenes where dubbing for strong language can be obviously seen and heard. In total, twenty-three minutes of the film were edited by the time the final cut was completed.
The films' original cut was 111 Minutes and truncated to 89 Minutes and leaves the film with many plot holes and characters showing up and leaving without a trace.
The film was one of many the studio to be rushed up from its original release date. This film had originally been slated for a December 2001 release date due the success of the thrillers "Don't Say A Word" by Fox and "Training Day" by Warner Bros. which came out weeks after 9/11 and the studio had rushed the release date of the Ben Stiller/Owen Wilson comedy "Zoolander" up from its October release date to late September to replace writer/director Edward Burns' studio debut film "Sidewalks of New York" which was slated for September 21, 2001 and the film was shelved for a later release date. The film was a box office failure to due to both studio interference and MPAA forcing severe cuts to the film that left alot of holes in the films' plot.