This is the first film since Crepúsculo (2008) that Kristen Stewart had to audition for to win the role.
Woody Allen cast Kristen Stewart primarily because he admired her performance in Adventureland: Un verano memorable (2009). He was completely unaware of her involvement in the Twilight franchise.
Maury Henry Biddle Paul coined the phrase "Cafe Society" in 1915 to describe the "beautiful people" who socialized and threw parties in the high profile cafés and restaurants of New York, Paris, and London.
This is Woody Allen's first film since La última noche de Boris Grushenko (1975) made without co-executive producer Jack Rollins, who died in 2015 at the age of 100. Rollins was Allen's longtime manager, and they collaborated for over 45 years.
This is the most expensive film made by Woody Allen, with an estimated final cost of US $30 million.