Per director Amanda Kramer, she convinced producers to fund the film by describing it as "the gay West Side Story,' which she described as "a lie" and "a Halloween trick."
Filmed in Butte, Montana in October 2020. With heavy focus on night shots, production would run in with coats between takes. The cast and crew also had to take daily COVID tests.
Karl Glusman (Teddy)'s hat is an exact replica of the hat Marlon Brando wears in The Wild One (1953).
Andrea Riseborough and Demi Moore are friends, and it was Andrea who gave the script to Demi which helped director Amanda Kramer secure her for the role of Maureen.
Andrea Riseborough choreographed all of Suze's fantasy sequence dances herself.