For the 2000 DVD release, the case artwork for the international market was redesigned with a picture of Ewan McGregor replacing Sean Pertwee on the cover, even though McGregor had a smaller role. McGregor is depicted clean shaven and in a wetsuit, despite the fact his character in the film had a beard and long hair. A later DVD release in 2004 reverted to the original artwork featuring Pertwee and Catherine Zeta-Jones, while another release in 2008 saw the artwork entirely redesigned with FilmFour branding and a fresh image of Pertwee and Zeta-Jones.
JC tells Terry that his caravan is bigger than it looks on the inside and likens it to the TARDIS. Sean Pertwee is the son of Jon Pertwee who played the Third Doctor in Doctor Who (1963).
In a 2008 interview with The Independent, Sean Pertwee stated that his favourite place in the British Isles was St. Agnes in Cornwall. "I spent a lot of time there when filming Blue Juice (1995), which was about surfers. The walk along the top of the cliffs is beautiful."
The entire cast went for a week's training in surfing before filming began.
The red and yellow 'TASTY' surfboard that Ewan McGregor used in the film, was sold at a film memorabilia auction in 2001 at Sotheby's in New York, to raise money for children born with Aids in Africa.