Ryan Dunn (The Drug Dealer), died on June 20, 2011 due to a car accident. He died 13 days after the film's release.
Director 'Jose E. Cruz Jr' stopped production for a month allowing Shaun Paul Costello time to lose almost twenty pounds so he would appear healthier looking in the LA scenes.
The Character's names are never mentioned in the story. A personal choice made by the Writer and Director, Jose E. Cruz Jr., to give the audience a more emotional attachment to the characters, their plight and an understanding that these characters could be someone they may know personally.
The script called for the characters to see an off Broadway play but with not enough time to obtain rights to a play, director 'Jose E. Cruz Jr' liked Shaun Paul Costello's idea of turning the feature Swooped: Based on a Real Life Occurrence (2011) into a stage play.
Close-up was filmed in 13 days. 8 days in Philadelphia, 3 days in New York and 2 day in Los Angeles.
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