During the press tour for the movie, Dame Emma Thompson told reporters how she enjoyed doing nude scenes, particularly since she was not a standard Hollywood "hard-body".
Christopher Hampton finally got to direct the script he'd been sitting on since 1976, but only because original helmer Mike Newell opted to direct Donnie Brasco (1997) instead.
The house that Emma and Jonathan Pryce share was Bolebroke Watermill in Hartfield, Sussex.
Director Christopher Hampton won Special Jury prize at Cannes Film Festival.