Trivia / Il deserto rosso

• Fake Nationality: Corrado Zeller, an Italian, is played by the more-Irish-than-Irish Richard Harris.
• Playing Against Type: Michelangelo Antonioni asked this from Richard Harris. The latter was not very satisfied, which led to a Troubled Production.
• Troubled Production: Richard Harris was discontented with Antonioni's ideas. In the end they nearly got into a fight on the set, causing Harris to quit and his remaining scenes to be filmed with a double. Harris then tried to warn David Hemmings against taking the lead role in Antonioni's later film Blowup.
• Working Title: Celeste e verde (meaning Sky Blue and Green).