Anecdotes

Pablo Schreiber noted that this film presented a new opportunity for him after years of playing testosterone-fueled, uber-macho characters that heavily emphasized his toughness and masculinity. "Even though this character has all those elements - he is a guy who is getting out of jail --- the ability to be soft and show that side was something I was attracted to," he said. He additionally toned down his usual sculpted physique for a softer look complete with a beer belly for this role.

Pablo Schreiber had to lose his six-pack abs, develop a gut and put on 30 pounds of weight to convincingly play an ex-convict released from prison after many years. Schreiber was coming off filming the second season of American Gods (2017) where he sported an excessively cut and shredded look. Schreiber said of his transformation, "I was coming off a project where I was very physically fit. But I was very lean. So I just took two or three months after I finished that to eat everything I wanted. And because I already had that muscle structure underneath, my body just ballooned. So I stayed large and girthy looking. But I didn't get overly fat." Schreiber noted it was liberating to not have to monitor his diet after starving himself for the ripped look he had previously.

Sabrina Doyle was drawn to setting the film in the Pacific Northwest because she grew up loving David Lynch's Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990), which was also set and sometimes shot in the area.

The film premiered virtually at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, which was not held in person due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. It was invited back for the 2021 festival to screen in-person.

Lorelei (2020) had its world premiere on September 9, 2020 at the Deauville American Film Festival, where a jury presided over by Vanessa Paradis awarded it the Jury Prize. During its festival run, Lorelei also picked up Audience and Jury Awards at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg and the Jordan Ressler First Feature Award at the Miami International Film Festival. In March 2021, Vertical Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It was released on July 30, 2021.

Lorelei (2020) is an American drama film written and directed by Sabrina Doyle in her feature directorial debut. It stars Pablo Schreiber, Jena Malone, Amelia Borgerding, Parker Pascoe-Sheppard, Chancellor Perry, and Gretchen Corbett.