 According to casting director Howard Feuer (qv),  Glenn Close (qv) was paid "an outrageous fortune" for three weeks  work as the leading lady. And while leads Jeremy Irons (qv) and  Ron Silver (I) (qv) were paid quite handsomely, supporting players  Julie Hagerty (qv), Fisher Stevens (qv) and Uta Hagen (qv) had  to settle for scale plus 10.