Research reportedly shows the director sought out and lobbied for Hathaway.
The film reportedly has no conventional score: the director insisted on live music somewhere in each scene, annoying actors.
Hathaway’s demand that the music stop is reported to be a genuinely frustrated take that was kept.
The film was originally titled Dancing with Shiva, mocked in light of Michael Clayton’s Shiva speech.
The dishwasher scene was reportedly based on an event involving Sidney Lumet and Bob Fosse.
Demme is quoted wanting live music playing in the next room or garden rather than a traditional score; Robyn Hitchcock played a wedding guest.
Demme reportedly told crew to let Hathaway deal with the music, so her anger in the scene was real; Hitchcock likened the shoot to a real wedding without alcohol, much of it shot in real time.
