- The filming of Angel and Skinner's first meeting at the supermarket was filmed over the course of two days. The conversation was filmed entirely from Timothy Dalton's perspective first. The next day, early in the morning, they were to film the conversation with Angel's perspective and close-ups. Dalton, much to the surprise of the crew, showed up early the next morning, and even though he wasn't going to be on camera for that particular portion of the filming, he sat off-camera in Skinner's chair and played the role so that Simon Pegg would be able to have him to work with while filming his part as Angel. Pegg stated it really showed Dalton's professionalism.
- SPOILER: Throughout the first half of the film, Danny asks Angel a number of annoying questions like "Have you ever shot two guns at once while diving through the air?" to which Angel responds "No - you've been watching too many cop movies! The job isn't like that." Then in the second half of the film, every single thing that Danny has asked about, Angel has to do. He does shoot two guns while leaping through the air, etc. The only thing that Nicolas doesn't do is shooting into the air and screaming. Danny does that. Also, when the police crew are in the pub (on Nicholas' first day), the Andies mention that in small towns everybody carries a firearm, especially farmer's and their mothers. Not only are they correct (at least in Sandford), but the first people who shoot at Angel is a farmer and his mum.
- Sandford, the "fictional" setting for the film, is the name of the town used as the setting for all police training role plays.
- Jim Broadbent was a big fan of Pegg and Wright's Shaun of the Dead and asked them for a role in their next film. They wrote the part of Inspector Butterman for him.
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