At the Cannes Film Festival press conference, Mikey Madison said that director Sean Baker would act out different sex positions with his wife, producer Samantha Quan, to demonstrate to the actors what he wanted them to do.
The fifth film in a row to be distributed by NEON in the United States to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The prior four were Parasite (2019), Titane (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022) and Anatomy of a Fall (2023).
Sean Baker said he was already a fan of Mikey Madison's work after seeing her in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), to the point where he rewatched it just to watch her scenes. While this film was in early development, he saw Madison in Scream (2022) with his wife/longtime producer Samantha Quan. As they were walking out of the theater, he immediately wanted to contact her agent for this part.