After seeing this movie for the first time, Sir Michael Caine wrote writer and director Paolo Sorrentino a letter, saying he was deeply touched, and he described how, during the trip back home in the taxi with his wife, he kept on crying.
Jane Fonda became interested in the role of Brenda, after friend Al Pacino had told her that the part was "written for you". Another actress had been cast, but dropped out, and so Fonda had her agent secure the role on her behalf.
Sir Michael Caine was given dark-framed glasses to wear "because they would make my hair appear to be whiter."
According to writer and director Paolo Sorrentino, the character of filmmaker Mick (Harvey Keitel) is far from being an autobiographical creation, and is a fairly non-specific filmmaker, "a little bit of Roger Corman, a bit of Sidney Lumet, a bit of William Friedkin."
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