Because no kid was right for the part, Derbez announced via Twitter that he needed a 100% bilingual kid for a new movie. Loreto Peralta saw the tweet and went to the casting. Although he was looking for a boy, Derbez loved Peralta instantly.
The highest-grossing Spanish-language film released in the United States. [Jan 2014]
Eugenio Derbez admitted on TV that this project needed twelve years (since the original idea)to be concluded due to the specific detail of the movie he had in mind. As a result, he had to wait several years to get the money for it.
Eugenio Derbez "Valentin" and Julie's partner Alessandra Rosaldo "Renee" are actually married in real life and have a daughter, Aitana.
Loreto Peralta applied for the casting after a friend of her mother told her that Eugenio Derbez was looking for a girl pretty much like her daughter via social networks.