Anna Terrazas, the costume designer, said in an interview that the use of turquoise and blue was strategically used to represent the love of Pedro Páramo for Susana San Juan. In their very first scene, Susana and Pedro are flying a blue kite and Susana wears a dress in a light shade of turquoise. "I found that color precisely for Susana, because in the book there's a lot of reference to water when talking about Susana", said Terrazas.
Although Comala is a real town in the state of Colima, the filming of "Pedro Páramo" took place in the states of Nayarit, San Luis Potosí and Mexico City.
Ilse Salas and Tenoch Huerta previously worked together on Güeros (2014).