Bon Jovi granted the rights to use their song "Living on a Prayer" when they learned that Olivia Colman would be singing it in the film.
Maggie Gyllenhaal said Elena Ferrante (the author of the source novel) only approved of the film's adaptation if it would be directed by a woman.
The movie was filmed during the peak of the covid-19 pandemic in a Greek island called Spetses.