Michael Caton-Jones recalled later that making the movie was "a painful experience" and said "the reaction I couldn’t care less about. It was the experience of making it: it was horrible. And I knew before I started that it wasn’t going to be a particularly good film. Which is a very, very painful thing." Interviewed by Empire Magazine, he said:"I remember coldly thinking "this is the worst filmmaking experience of my life" at the time, but my memory of it is the good thing. We tried to give it a look and I was very happy with it. I had a difficult time with Sharon , but I had a great time with all the other actors."