Andréia Horta was originally cast as Romero's love interest Toia but dropped out, apparently because she had previously played the daughter of Alexandre Nero's character in Empire (2014). Mariana Ximenes, Carolina Dieckmann and Mariana Ríos auditioned before Vanessa Giácomo was cast.
Originally titled "Favela Chic", which was changed due to the other two then current Globo series referencing Brazilian slums, I Love Paraisópolis (2015) (the Paraisópolis slums in Sao Paulo) and Ambitious Women (2015) (the Babilônia slums in Rio).
Alexandre Nero avoided wearing dark clothes in his scenes, so audience would not compare Romero to Nero's popular character Alfredo from Empire (2014).
Unusual in the process of writing a telenovela, João Emanuel Carneiro would give titles to each script instead of just numbering the episodes. The premiere is titled "The Other Face".