Background
By the time the film was first aired, Casualties of Love received a fair share of media attention, due to the film being one of three about Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco to be aired on the same night by three different TV networks. Filming took place in November and December 1992, and the film was promoted as the TV version that told Joey Buttafuoco's side of the story. USA Network bought the film's rights in 1992, and commented on the production: "This particular movie was very attractive. The topic is just so hot right now." Casualties of Love did not live up to a common television film budget of $2 million. Due to the popularity of its story, the film had a much higher budget.
The film was known for being Alyssa Milano's first "adult role" which shed her "nice girl image" she gained from appearing in Who's the Boss? from 1984 to 1992. The producers cast her after seeing her portrayal as a teenage prostitute in the independent film Where the Day Takes You (1992). Milano was very enthusiastic when she found out she got the role, saying: "There's nothing grittier than playing Amy Fisher." On her character, Milano commented: "Our version was the one from Joey Buttafuoco's point of view: That she was a lunatic. Since then, we've learned that his version wasn't all true. But it was really challenging to make her believable, because everybody had already seen her on TV and they knew what she looked like and how she moved. I think that movie was the least "Alyssa" of anything I've done." Of all the three Amy Fisher films, Milano was glad that she was picked for Casualties of Love, because it was the one where Amy Fisher was portrayed the most as a "psycho", which allowed her to practice her acting skills.
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