Anna Kendrick made no money from "Woman of the Hour" because she donated all her pay to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and the National Center for Victims of Violent Crime. These organizations are two of the country's leading nonprofits that support survivors of sexual abuse and violence.
Some of Sheryl's bad experiences as an aspiring actor mirror Anna Kendrick's own. The comment about Sheryl's breasts is "lifted verbatim from something that happened to me when I was 19".
The real Rodney Alcala graduated from the UCLA School of Fine Arts and later studied film under Roman Polanski at New York University (NYU). Anna Kendrick cut a scene from this film in which Alcala discusses Polanski's admitted drugging and raping of 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977.
The directorial debut of actress Anna Kendrick, who also stars in the film.
Netflix acquired the film for $11 million shortly after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.