1. The film starring in the two films "Fighter" and "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds" directed by director David O. Russell.
2. Bell made great sacrifices for starring in the film, gaining weight on the 40 list and showing others with a new image of baldness and hunchback.
3. The role of Rosalyn Rosenfeld was tailored by Russell for Jennifer Lawrence.
4. The script of the film was originally titled "American Bullshit", and it was shortlisted for the eighth place on the blacklist of the best unfilmed scripts in the industry in 2010.
5. The film was shot in Boston. After the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon on April 19, 2013, filming was suspended, and the leading actors Cooper, Reina, Bill, and Adams went to the hospital to visit the injured in the attack.
6. Ben Affleck was once expected to direct the film.
7. The third work of Cooper and De Niro after "Never Ending" and "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds".
8. At the premiere, Bell said that he would not participate in any Oscar competition for acting. "I think this is like you are saying to other actors:'I like you acting, but I am better than you'. I don't want to do this kind of thing."
