 Director Michael Parness popped into a small role as a character named Peter Brown, a participant at Roger Bob's outdoor support group.Natasha Lyonne was the director's first choice for the role of Grace, and as soon as she signed on, agents began calling and roughly 25 male leads auditioned for the role of Max.The producers at the time wanted a well-known actor for the part and so they chose Edward Furlong; unfortunately, due to personal issues and alleged drug and/or alcohol abuse, Furlong was cut from "Max & Grace" and another film called "Firecracker"' and had to be replaced on both projects.