Henk Schalk was the owner of the local snackbar and had no actual acting experience in front of a camera.
Arjen Rooseboom based his idea for the screenplay on the episode 'De Dubbelgangster' from the television series Flodder (1993).
The part were Hielke and Sietse dodge for a crossing duck, happened coincidentally. The camera quickly moved from them to the duck and the shot luckily worked out.
Kameleondorp is an annual summer park for tourists, based on the Kameleon books, and all other actors were employees or temporary interns.
Jos van der Donk, Arjen Rooseboom and Koen van der Donk didn't have any experience in directing, editing or filming at all before starting with this project.