Was delayed from a planned Christmas 1996 release due to troublesome test screenings. This led to several reshoots, which expanded on the relationship between Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro's characters.
The yellow leather jacket worn by Alicia Silverstone was sold to actor/stand-up comic Paul Rawson for $890. The jacket also came with Silverstone's shirt/black suede pants and a lip-stick top.
The parking garage that Emily makes the phone call from is located on Yates street in Victoria, BC, Canada. The bridge in the background is the Johnson Street bridge.
According to the book "As If: The Not So Clueless Alicia Silverstone", writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski did uncredited work on the script before production.