In three weeks, the Coens wrote a script with a title role written specifically for actor John Turturro, with whom they'd been working on "Miller's Crossing". The new film, "Barton Fink", was set in a large, seemingly abandoned hotel. This setting, which they named the "Hotel Earle", was a driving force behind the story and mood of the new project. While filming their 1984 film "Blood Simple" in Austin, Texas, the Coens had seen a hotel which made a significant impression: "We thought, 'Wow, Motel Hell.' You know, being condemned to live in the weirdest hotel in the world."