Ushma Karnani, the actress playing Leyla, was one of the three members of the now broken up pop group Gimmel. The band was formed as a part of the Popstars-competition, a precursor of the Idols franchise.
The series is based on the British series The Office (2001), which has also been successfully versioned in the United States. The original versions of the main characters in the series are:
David (Ricky Gervais) - Pentti (Sami Hedberg), Tim (Martin Freeman) - Timo (Pyry Äikää), Dawn (Lucy Davis) - Anna (Linda Wiklund), Gareth (Mackenzie Crook) - Jaakko (Antti Tuomas Heikkinen)