In the 2003 'making of' video, William Friedkin, saying the films that moved him the most are the ones where it looks like the camera was just peeking in while stuff was taking place, he revealed to have asked the actors, in reference to a sex scene between William Petersen and Darlanne Fluegel, to 'make it as real as possible. Make it real.' Petersen, for his part, said Friedkin had all of their trust at all times, so that 'when he said, look, we're going to do this, we're going to do that, there was no argument against it.' Lastly Fluegel said she and Billy Peterson 'trusted each other to make that choice'.
In the 2003 'making of' video, William Friedkin, saying the films that moved him the most are the ones where it looks like the camera was just peeking in while stuff was taking place, he revealed to have asked the actors, in reference to a sex scene between William Petersen and Darlanne Fluegel, to 'make it as real as possible. Make it real.' Petersen, for his part, said Friedkin had all of their trust at all times, so that 'when he said, look, we're going to do this, we're going to do that, there was no argument against it.' Lastly Fluegel said she and Billy Peterson 'trusted each other to make that choice'.