"We’re having close to the level where if she disappeared, we still have a film," Schrader informed me one particular weekend midshoot. "We’re creating ‘The Misfits’ on a microbudget," Schrader joked. Schrader tried using to discuss her by way of the following scene - a confrontation with Christian over his maybe criminal habits - but she saved stumbling and guffawing, missing her mark by a vast margin.