When J.R. Bookwalter was asked about his casting of Ariauna Albright, who he was both romantically and professionally involved with, he said, "I know there are folks [assuming] Ariauna slept her way into the business, but it wasn't about that. We sincerely fell for each other. We met in January 1995 and she didn't act for me until May 1996. She worked her ass off and proved herself just as much as the guys who were part of the group at that time. She's been a guiding force behind everything [I've done], whether she was directly involved or not. Our sensibilities were similar in so many ways."