On two occasions in the film, letters purportedly written by Ingrid Bergman are read out in which the word "paparazzi" (to mean a probing reporter) is used. It is generally accepted that this word (taken from an Italian regional slang word meaning sparrows) was inspired by a character in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), but the letters in question were written in the early to mid 1950s, prior to the film's release.