Woody Allen is not known for complimenting his actors, saying that the fact that he casts them is proof that he considers them great. However, he has said that the scenes between Gena Rowlands and Gene Hackman, particularly in the flashback of the party, were "electrifying."
Unlike most actors and actresses in Woody Allen's movies, Gena Rowlands was allowed to read the entire script before taking the part.
John Baxter's book "Woody Allen: A Biography" (2000) states that Woody Allen later commented that "The character of Marion (Gena Rowlands) was . . . of all those in his work, the one who most resembled him intellectually."
During the last third of the movie's period of principal photography, in December 1987, Mia Farrow gave birth to Satchel, her son with Woody Allen. Farrow had a month off from working on the movie, but then returned to complete her scenes. To accommodate the baby bump she had, Farrow shot her remaining scenes with a padded stomach attachment.