Mendes offered Bening the role of Carolyn without the studio's consent; although executives were upset at Mendes, by September 1998, DreamWorks had entered negotiations with Spacey and Bening.
Mendes je ponudio glumici Bening ulogu Carolyn bez znanja studija; premda su direktori studija bili ljuti na Mendesa zbog toga, do rujna 1998. godine DreamWorks se nalazio u pregovorima i sa Spaceyjem i sa Bening.