“Usually [when casting a film] we have a start date,” says casting director Kerry Barden, “and with this, we didn't have a start date until we found Brandon, because we couldn't make the movie without that.”
The world wasn't ready when Oscar-winning director Jane Campion’s 2003 erotic thriller hit screens the subversive take on the genre starring Meg Ryan was a flop. But the film has been critically reevaluated over the last few years.