In a 2024 interview with Women's Wear Daily, Peltz Beckham said she wrote "Lola" six years ago, when she was 23 years old.
"I did not sleep for three days. I have screenshots of 4:50 a.m., just me writing. When I started putting my thoughts down, they just wouldn't stop," she said.
"I wanted to write a flawed character, but also someone where their heart's in the right place. I just think that's life, and imperfection in life will always inspire me," Peltz Beckham added.
Although the film was released in February 2024, it garnered attention in April 2024 due to negative reviews from critics, with The Guardian's Kady Ruth Ashcraft describing the film as "poverty porn."
"In film, that means the exploitation of the conditions of poverty for entertainment and artistic recognition," she wrote.
In her interview with WWD, Peltz Beckham acknowledged that she didn't grow up like Lola at all and was prepared for the criticism.
"I wanted to write a story from a person's perspective and another point of view that was not my personal view and not my upbringing. I am an actress and my dream is to get to look at the world from different perspectives," she said.