After the script was ready, New Line agreed to start shooting the film. The producer set up an office in Cronenberg's hometown of Toronto, Canada, and began recruiting the whole class in front of and behind the scenes. Photographer Peter Suscheski has filmed "Senses Games" and "Children's Nightmare". Cronenberg had no intention of asking Maria Bello to play the role, but when she met Cronenberg for the first time in Toronto, Cronenberg found that Bello and Mortensen matched well, making them suitable to play Tom's wife. Then Vigo Mortensen and Maria Bello were chosen to play the Stolls, and the American actors Ed Harris and William Hurt, whom Cronenberg admired, also joined the crew, playing the role of his son Jack in the film. Ashton Holmes was selected from 100 auditions in Los Angeles and Toronto.
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Extended Reading
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[Richie talks to Joey about the business]
Richie Cusack: What am I gonna do? You bust up a made man's place. You killed some of his guys. You take his eye. Jesus, Joey... you nearly took out his left eye. Barbed wire, wasn't it? That's disgusting. You always were the crazy one.
Tom Stall: Not anymore.
Richie Cusack: Yeah, I heard. You're living the American Dream. You really bought into it, didn't you? You've been this other guy, almost as long as you've been yourself. Hey, when you dream, are you still Joey?
Tom Stall: Joey's been dead a long time.
Richie Cusack: And yet here you sit... big as life. You know you cost me a lot of time and money. Before you pulled that shit with Fogarty, I was a shoe-in to take over when the boss croaked. A shoe-in. It was made very clear to me, Joey. I had to clean up your mess, or nothing was ever gonna happen for me! You got no idea how much shit I had to pull to get back in with those guys. You cost me! A hell of a lot, Joey. A hell of a lot!
Tom Stall: Looks like you're doing all right over here.
Richie Cusack: Yeah, I am, I am. I'm still behind the eight-ball... because of you. There's a certain lack of respect, a certain lack of trust. The boys in Boston are just waitin' for me to go down.
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[Tom gets a phone call in the middle of the night]
Tom Stall: Hello?
Richie Cusack: [voice] Hey, Bro-heem. You're still pretty good with the killing. That's exciting.
Tom Stall: Richie?
Richie Cusack: [chuckles; voice] Yeah, it's Richie. What do you say, Joey? Are you going to come see me? Or do I have to come see you?