- Willem Holleeder, played by Sam Worthington, went on to become the most notorious criminal in the Netherlands, known as the "Godfather of the Netherlands"., who planned the kidnapping together in the film .
- At the time of the film's release in 2015, Willem Holleeder faced multiple charges and could face a life sentence.
- The film is based on a real kidnapping that happened in 1983, and is about the same incident as the Dutch film "The Heineken Kidnapping" released in 2011.
- Screenwriter William Brookfield wrote the screenplay based on the bestselling book by Peter R. de Vries. The book has been at the top of the Dutch bestseller list for two decades.
- The author of the original book, Peter R. de Vries, is a writer and criminal investigator who has personally investigated the suspects involved in the case.
- Green Heineken bottles appear in the film, which is inconsistent with historical facts. In the Netherlands in the 1980s, Heineken was only packaged in brown bottles.
- The original author, Peter R. de Vries, refused to participate in the film's premiere because he thought the film was too much of a make-up and far from what was described in the book and how the kidnapping happened in reality.
- The film was shot mainly in Belgium, Amsterdam and New Orleans in the United States.
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken behind the scenes gags
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Kidnapping Mr. Heineken quotes
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Freddy Heineken: There are two ways a man can be rich in this world, he can have a lot of money, or he can have a lot of friends. But he cannot have both.