Alfonso Cuarón turned down the chance to direct, instead he directed La princesita (Little Princess) (1995).
Madonna was slated for the lead role around 1993, but was unavailable by the time the movie was ready to go into production.
The song playing during the scene where Maggie is creating a collage is "Nugget" by the band Cake.
Dominick Dunne: The food critic who accidentally eats a cockroach is director Griffin Dunne's father.