Director and actor Alberto Sordi took actress Margie Newton under his wing and taught her everything he knew about acting from his many years of experience.
Alberto Sordi had the idea of this movie many years before: it was initially thought that he had to have the role of the son and Vittorio De Sica of his father. The movie couldn't be realized at those times, but years later Sordi was still convinced to do it and decided to switch the roles between him and Carlo Verdone.
Carlo Verdone stated that he ad-libbed many scenes and that Alberto Sordi was very happy with him doing it.