The producers had originally negotiated a deal with Autumn Reeser where the nudity would have been a lot more limited than what you see now in the movie.
It took several hours to shoot the nude sex scenes between Antonio and Autumn Reeser. Both of them were completely naked in bed for so many hours. More time was spent on shooting for the alternate version of the sex scene. Theatrical version included the sex scene with a duration of less than 2 minutes, but the Blu-ray version of the film included a longer version with a duration of 3 minutes. The sex scene between them was explicit. So they were careful not to capture explicit scenes on camera. They had edited and deleted some explicit scenes caught on camera. Although Autumn Reeser was married, she did not hesitate to do this sex scene. Despite having no previous acquaintance with Antonio, they developed a strong chemistry within a short period of time.
The sepia feel of the visuals of the sex scene between Antonio Banderas and Autumn Reeser was inspired by a book of nude photographs by Scott Caan, owned by Director Tony Krantz.
Hollywood agent Ed Limato read the script, fell in love with it, and gave it to Antonio Banderas, who loved it at first sight and signed on.
Director Tony Krantz took inspiration from such movies as A Marca da Maldade (1958) and O Indomado (1963).