Candela Peña, who portrayed Rosario Porto Ortega, had to wear a wig for the role. The first time they put the wig on her, she started vomiting for hours, and an ambulance was eventually called. The nurse who arrived had been the real Rosario's classmate. The nurse was very scared, as she thought she was seeing the real Rosario Porto.
Candela Peña had to improve her pronunciation for the series, as long as she comes from Cataluña while her character is from Galicia. As stated in "El Faro de Vigo" journal, she had two specialists in phonetics, Charo Pena y Rosa Moledo's, advise and help, in order to achieve the correct performance of the vocal expression. According to her, the most difficult word to pronounce was the name of the character's husband, "Alfonso"
In 2001, Rosario Porto Ortega, a lawyer, and Alfonso Basterra Camporro, a journalist, decided to adopt Asunta Yong Fang Basterra Porto, from China, after struggling to conceive children of their own. Asunta was the first Chinese child to be adopted in the city of Santiago de Compostela, and one of the first in all of Galicia.
The mentioned "Lorazepam" medication, which is mainly used to treat anxiety and sleeping problems that are related to anxiety, is also known by its brand name "Ativan".
The mentioned "Fluoxetine" medication, is also widely known by its brand name "Prozac".