There's a political correctness movement in America and people shy away from those sort of films. Men are intimidated by a film like this, because it's very aggressive. In all action films, females are either victims of horrible behavior or helpless babes, while the man looks for the killer. We twisted the whole thing apart. All the heroes of the film are female, even the cop character.
Distributors are insecure about a film that pushes too many emotional buttons.
She had done student films before, but nothing that big. We hope she will get more parts with this film. She's truly great. It's about a female filmmaker who gets involved with the mafia. Todd is doing the final rewrites and can tell you about it.