When Audrey Hepburn briefly left this project because she was pregnant, director Stanley Donen considered casting Julie Christie as Joanna. Hepburn returned to the movie after she had a miscarriage.

Tony writes in his 2008 autobiography that he asked 20th Century-Fox to consider him for the male lead in the film but they declined and cast Albert Finny instead.

Turned down the role of "Mark Wallace" in this bittersweet romantic comedy-drama, even though he was director Stanley Donen's first choice.