Dek (Rhys Ifans) drives a car with a vintage Welsh number plate from the late fifties, the letters of which read "DEK". It was issued in Haverfordwest, the birthplace of Rhys Ifans.
When Dek (Rhys Ifans) finds out that Jimmy (Robert Carlyle) is back in town, he proclaims to Carol: "He's only your foster brother! He could have Hannibal Lecter's DNA for all we know!" Rhys Ifans went on to portray Grutas, Hannibal Lecter's nemesis, in Hannibal Rising (2007).
Shirley Henderson (Shirley) and Robert Carlyle (Jimmy) also played in Hamish Macbeth (1995) together.
Shirley Henderson (Shirley), Robert Carlyle (Jimmy) and James Cosmo (Billy) also starred in Trainspotting (1996).