Mendes considers the voice to be Ball's, but even while the writer was "strongly influential" on set, he often had to accept deviations from his vision, particularly ones that transformed the cynical tone of his script into something more optimistic.
Mendes smatra da je glas Ballov, ali iako je scenarist filma bio "snažno utjecajan" tijekom njegovog snimanja, učestalo je prihvaćao devijacije od vlastite vizije, pogotovo one koje su transformirale cinični ton scenarija u nešto puno optimističnije.