The other element that added a layer of complexity was the casting of Moore's seven year old daughter, Rumer, as the child at the center of the film's custody battle. Badgered us until we gave her the opportunity to audition with the other little girls. We weren't sure about it, but they liked her, they thought she would do well. As the real-life mom to the actress playing her character's daughter, Moore found herself living through many of the same emotions she was called on to play. For at least part of the shooting of Moore's dance numbers, her daughter was present.
Children are so amazing.
Because unless we create bias, they have none. If I treat it like it's something to be ashamed of, then they will think of it as shame. And in truth, I think it's less the dancing itself, but dancing in relation to the men you don't necessarily want a child to see that. And in the movie she reaches up and she gives me a hug and she pats me on the back, comforting me. That was the first time, once we did the scene, that my daughter had any perception that people might think that there's something wrong with it.