During the shooting of The Cutting Edge (1992), D.B. spent over two months in figure skate training with his co-star Moira Kelly. They became close friends and remain so to this day.
We really wanted to do a movie about 'guys'. American guys, not Hollywood guys. The guys we grew up with on the East Coast. Guys who never left home. Guys who feel like maybe they didn't get everything they thought was coming their way. And that became one of the themes: disappointment.