Nge-20 kaMeyi, i-Ilodd melodrama Nick Cassevhetis iqale iminyaka eli-15 ubudala. Emva kwexesha elide kangangexesha elide, le filimu iseyinto eyothando, kwaye i-Ryan Gosling kunye ne-rachel makadams - enye yezona zibonakalayo. Nangona kunjalo, yonke into ibinokusebenza ngaphandle kwe-Britney Spears yayinethamsanqa.
Kuyavela imikhonto igqithile kwiisampulu zendima ye-Ellie kwaye zilungile. Ngo-2005, i-Gorsling ixele ngeposi ye-Britney Post ngokuhlwanje ngokuhlwanje: "Sadibana namaPolisi amaninzi, kwaye zonke zizibonakalisa zilungile. Andimboni ukusukela kwiminyaka eli-12 ubudala. Ewe, wakhulela kwaye wenza umsebenzi omkhulu. Bekukuhle kakhulu". UMakadam wangena emehlweni akhe: "Ndiqinisekile ukuba ngewayezele ngokugqibeleleyo. Iya kuba yimovie eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo. Ndivile malunga neesampulu zakhe kuphela ngenye imini kwaye bendinolwazi malunga nendlela endim ngenkangeleko.
Ngo-2001, izikhombisi ngokwayo zikhankanya ukuba ufuna ukudlala eMelodrama, nangona engazange avakalise igama lefilimu. "Yintoni eyayingandinceda? Indima yefilimu emangalisayo efundileyo. Sele banomntu owamkelekileyo, kodwa ndiza kufa ukuba ndikwazi ukufumana eli thuba. Le yeyona meko imangalisayo endikhe ndayifunda, "imvumi yamkelwe.