Lead actor Pauly Shore stated in an impromptu interview in an airport by Inside Edition, that he has nothing but respect for Richard Simmons and added that people say that he looks like him and that he really likes him so it was not a difficult choice to play him on film. At the time of this post (1/2024) Richard Simmons reportedly hadn't signed off on a biopic or a feature film about his life and it is not clear if he had seen the biopic yet or will.