Although he plays a father, Craig Robinson does not have any children but used his experiences growing up with his father as a basis for his performance. He also had to learn how to speak conversational German for his character, Curtis.
Craig Robinson was casted as Ray in the second season of Mr. Robot (2015) after series creator Sam Esmail watched early footage of his role in this film and sought to contact his agent.
The first draft of the script was titled "Poor Poor Fatty Fucko"