Trivia: Author of the novel Kevin Kwan has a cameo in the montage 'Who is Rachel Chu'.
Trivia: Part of what made the Coen Brothers agree to make the film for Netflix was that the traditional studio system just isn't funding films like "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" the way they used to. Studios are instead focusing much more on big-budget comic-book movies and reboots, or super low-budget ventures like horror films. The Coens found Netflix to be one of the only companies that seemed to understand the project and be willing to fund it. Although co-director Joel Coen did lament that he wishes the film had a traditional theatrical release, as he feels audiences respond to and respect movies in a different way on the big screen.
Trivia: Elle and Lee go to prom and the band starts to play Don't You, by Simple Minds, the song that was featured at the end of The Breakfast Club. Lee's mother is played by Molly Ringwald, who starred in The Breakfast Club. (01:25:22)