Trivia / 2 Days in the Valley

• Actor Allusion: Teddy has an Emmy. Paul Mazursky was nominated for two Emmys for writing for Danny Kaye's show. Also, Audrey asks Teddy if he's directed any war movies; Mazursky didn't, but he did appear in a war movie, Fear And Desire, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
• Enforced Method Acting: During their Cat Fight, Charlize Theron accidentally punched Teri Hatcher in the face, and Hatcher's reaction is genuine. Theron (who didn't know at the time how to film a fight scene) bought Hatcher beer afterwards to make up for it.
• Reality Subtext: Like Teddy, Paul Mazursky was a once-acclaimed director who had fallen on hard times, with his last three films as director being flops.
• Those Two Actors: Jeff Daniels and Charlize Theron went on to appear in Trial And Error the following year.
• Typecast: Greg Cruttwell, who played an obnoxious man in Naked (1993), plays another one here.
• What Could Have Been: The part of Helga was written for Daphne Deckers, a model, but she had other commitments.