Director Kevin Powis, creates an amusing Hitchcockesque moment and makes a brief appearance in the movie. He can be seen as a customer in the coffee shop. The amusing part of this is he can be seen reading the script for the actual scene in which he appears.
Expresso was released onto DVD in September 2007 with all the proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support UK.
Filmed in early 2007, this is reported to be the final screen performance for the actor Norman Wisdom, who was 91 at the time of filming.