Kristen Bell felt she first had to run the script by her fiancé, actor Dax Shepard, before she undertook the role because of the steamy love scene. "I wanted so badly to be a part of it," she told Vanity Fair, "and I gave the script to my significant other and I said, 'Do you want to read through this? It is a really graphic love scene. Do you want to talk about it?' He said, 'You know what, I don't care. I trust you. As long as you don't come back pregnant, I don't care.' And I came back pregnant (they found out she was pregnant with her fiancee's baby), which we always joke about."
Kristen Bell, 33 at the time, said in an interview with Vanity Fair that she wanted to make her sex scenes with co-star David Lambert, then 19, as authentic as possible. When they first met on set, they literally shook hands and she told him, "'Let's make this graphic and real.' Even prior to rolling, I think I just grabbed his hands and put them all over my chest and said, 'This is it. Don't be shy. Do what you do. I won't be uncomfortable. I trust you.' I am by no means an exhibitionist. I'm also not super modest. I grew up in the theater. So when I'm on set and it's a job, if I'm wearing something skimpy, that's the job. I've been lucky enough to work with wonderful crew members that create a very safe environment and nobody's there to exploit you. But when you're in pasties throughout the entire movie, you get comfortable with it."
Leigh receives a postcard that is addressed to her at "433 E. 31st St" in New York City. That address no longer exists - that entire neighborhood was cleared in 1945-6 to make room for the New York University Medical Center, which occupies that spot to this day.
In many respects this movie is a gender-reversal remake of the movie "Lifeguard" (1976).
While Kristen Bell stated she wanted to make the sex scenes as graphic and real as possible, she refused to show any nudity onscreen.