Although insisting Shainberg did not exploit her, Gyllenhaal has said she felt "scared when filming began" and that "in the wrong hands ... even in just slightly less intelligent hands, this movie could say something really weird."
Iako je inzistirala kako je Shainberg nije iskoristio, Gyllenhaal je rekla kako se osjećala "uplašeno kad je snimanje počelo" te da "u pogrešnim rukama ... čak i u malo manje inteligentnim rukama, ovaj je film mogao reći nešto posve čudno."