To research her part, Geena Davis worked in a flea market in Bensonhurst. She was mugged within five minutes.
Aida Turturro and James Gandolfini would both go on to star as brother and sister in Les Soprano (1999).
Martha Coolidge's previous film, Rambling Rose, was produced by Geena Davis's future ex-husband, Renny Harlin, who at the time got involved with that film's lead actress, Laura Dern. Dern subsequently became involved with Davis's previous ex-husband, Jeff Goldblum, whom she met on the set of Jurassic Park. Coolidge's then-husband Michael Backes was also a technical advisor on that film.
According to Saverio Guerra, Geena Davis , along with Bruno Kirby visited his parents home so she could experience a large Italian family dinner.