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Debbie Reynolds reportedly wanted to play the role of Doris Mann, loosely based on herself. However, director Mike Nichols personally requested Shirley MacLaine.

The story line is based on Carrie Fisher's own life and battle with fame, family and addiction.

The cop movie Suzanne works on, "LA Beat", is a reference to Carrie Fisher's Hollywood Cop (1986).

Liza Minnelli reportedly told writer Carrie Fisher that the film resembles her own relationship with her own famous mother, Judy Garland.

Exteriors of 'Doris Mann's' house were shot at home of actress Connie Stevens. Stevens, like Carrie Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds, was once married to Carrie Fisher's father Eddie Fisher. Stevens is the mother of Carrie Fisher's half-sisters Tricia Leigh Fisher and Joely Fisher.