We started out thinking of this as a comic book. We filled notebook after notebook with ideas. That’s where the script came from.

After Bound, we were offered a lot of lesbian thrillers.

The script was a synthesis of making mythology relevant in a modern context, relating quantum physics to Zen Buddhism, investigating your own life.

The script was too disturbing. We showed it to some people in Hollywood who said, This is a bad idea. I can’t make this. I’m rich.

We thought we’d write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.