Cannon later said she had not wanted to do the film at first as she disliked the role, ""he script seemed too broad, everybody caricaturised, especially my part. I mean, Sue Mengers is wild, but not that wild. There seemed to be no humanity in the women's roles."" She said Mengers talked her into it as ""it'll be a chance to show them you've got something more than your obvious assets."" Cannon said she gained 19 pounds to play the role and the part was ""finally changed, deepened. I still had to bring a lot to it, and I think the result's unlike anything I've ever done.""