Anna Kendrick (Alice) spoke to PEOPLE about the role and is quoted as saying: "I was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse," she shares, recalling the time she first came across the screenplay. "I think my rep sent it to me, because he knew what I'd been dealing with and sent it along. Because he was like, 'This sort of speaks to everything that you've been talking to me about.' " She did not name the boyfriend, though she said it was "recent;" she had ended a public six-year relationship with cinematographer Ben Richardson in 2020 and a relationship of a year or two with Bill Hader in June 2022.
Principal photography took place from June 21 to July 20, 2021, in Toronto. The film doesn't hide the fact that the story is set in Toronto and surrounding areas, with location names and landmarks appearing clearly throughout the film.
The bio which accompanies his art show reads: "SIMON LOWE: Simon Lowe was born in Newcastle, England in 1984. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, where he earned an MFA in 2009 before relocating to Toronto to live and work in 2011."
"Lowe is the recipient of many awards and recognitions, including a juried award for his entry at ArtPrize 2015, and selection as one of the four shortlisted artist for the Sobey Art Award in 2018. Lowe's first solo exhibition followed shortly there after in 2019."
"Lowe's work demonstrates and abiding fascination with the human form while exploring themes of personal duality, iterations of self, and alienation."
"Lowe is the recipient of many awards and recognitions, including a juried award for his entry at ArtPrize 2015, and selection as one of the four shortlisted artist for the Sobey Art Award in 2018. Lowe's first solo exhibition followed shortly there after in 2019."
"Lowe's work demonstrates and abiding fascination with the human form while exploring themes of personal duality, iterations of self, and alienation."