Lynch's commissioned screenplay for "Boxing Helena", which she would later go on to direct, attracted many actresses, including Madonna. Sherilyn Fenn, one of the stars in her father's television series "Twin Peaks" and the film "Wild at Heart", was ultimately cast as leading character Helena. Kim Basinger was also attached and was famously sued after resigning from the project. The controversy surrounding that case, as well as feminist outcry over "Helena"'s sadistic subject matter and accusations of nepotism, accompanied the movie's critical drubbing upon its release in 1993.