The photo on the dust jacket of the lead female character's husband's book is one of Greg Wise, Dame Emma Thompson's real-life husband.
Alan Rickman and Dame Emma Thompson have also co-starred in Love Actually (2003), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and the Harry Potter series.
In 1997, Emma Thompson also starred in The Winter Guest, a movie Alan Rickman directed and co-wrote with Sharman Macdonald.