4.Renée收到剧本的时候,Sims刚去世没多久,她沉浸在悲伤中无法工作,经纪人坚持希望她可以看一下剧本。"I was mourning the loss of (Sims Ellison) when the script (for The Whole Wide World) came in and pulled me up. "It said 'go for it with your life'." 女主角的经历和自己惊人的相似,Renée受到鼓舞逐渐从伤痛中走出来。
5.根据导演Dan Ireland的回顾,电影中最emotional的片段只拍摄了一次,因为拍摄过程中Renée入戏极深,哭得非常厉害。"I didn't do two takes of those things; I couldn't, because I knew where she was. Afterwards, I had to go hold her for half an hour, while she lost it. Those tears [on the screen] are real."