Ben Affleck explained on Inside the Actors Studio (1994) that he and Gwyneth Paltrow were no longer together when they made this film, but Gwyneth thought he should do it, as it was a different type of role from anything he had done before.
The first major film release distributed digitally via satellite for public presentation (in an AMC theater in Times Square).
The film was originally shot as a dark drama, but after poor test screenings, Don Roos was ordered to retool it as a romantic drama.
Ben Affleck and Natasha Henstridge share the same birthday, 15th August.
Ben Affleck and Joe Morton would reunite in Batman and Superman (2016) and Justice League (2017).