George Clooney signed onto the project within 24 hours of receiving the screenplay. His only hesitation was the fact that Noah Baumbach prefers to shoot numerous takes with his actors, which Clooney thought wouldn't work for an actor of his age and style.
Originally a Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler collaboration, with Pitt being replaced by Clooney shortly before production began.
This is co-writer Emily Mortimer's first feature-film screenwriting credit. Noah Baumbach first got to know Mortimer while she was chaperoning her children May Nivola and Sam Nivola on the set of Rumore bianco (2022).
The cast includes three Oscar winners: George Clooney, Laura Dern, and Jim Broadbent; and one Oscar nominee: Greta Gerwig.
The sixth film collaboration between Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig after Lo stravagante mondo di Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), Mistress America (2015), Rumore bianco (2022), and Barbie (2023).