Gretchen Akers plays Lillian in the film. She and Mike met while attending Emerson College in Boston at an audition for his senior film. Gretchen was cast in that film; she and Mike have continued to work together ever since. Early in the process she was asked to develop a character (based on a person Mike has observed) who "seemed afraid to make the wrong choice of what to have for breakfast." As she created the character, Mike wrote the story incorporating her ideas. Gretchen currently lives and works in Los Angeles.