Susan Sarandon has stated that money was a big factor regarding her decision to make this film. Not terribly enamored by her character, she agreed to do the film because she was pregnant with her first child at the time and it would allow her to take time off after giving birth.
Susan Sarandon was pregnant during production and it was agreed upon by all parties that the best way to work around it was to incorporate loose-fitting clothes into her character's wardrobe which worked out fine since she was playing a former investigative journalist turned suburban stay-at-home mom.