While filming Oriundi (1999) in the state of Paraná, in Brazil, it was reported on many media outlets that Anthony Quinn wanted to adopt an 11-year-old local girl whom he met while signing autographs. Quinn claimed that they lived together on a past life and he said he'd pay for her education while living abroad. The girl's mother didn't decline the offer since she didn't want her daughter to live in the fisherman community where they lived and Quinn left his phone number to be reached. The contact between the girl's family and the actor was never made after the filming resumed and Quinn would die a couple of years later.