The Exorcist (film) shot that obscured his face, as Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role in the Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Vandis had previously played Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. Warners had approached Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Nichols, to direct, all of whom turned the project down. Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film,
Everything You Touch Turns to Gold with instrumentation added by Producer Gino Mari. A music video for "Everything You Touch Turns To Gold (Album Version)" was released in August 2013. The video was produced by Logan Lynn Music and directed by Rowan Wren, who also sings lead vocals on the song, and featured Lynn and Wren in a variety of scenes with metal sculpture work by Portland artist Christopher Truax. The video premiered on Out Magazine's website and was picked up by The Huffington Post and other media from there. Everything You Touch Turns to Gold Everything You Touch Turns To Gold is an Acoustic EP