Kwavela ukuthi abalingisi baseMelika bathola isikhathi esifanayo esinzima esihambisana nokuthandwa kwabo kwesikrini eminyakeni yesikole. Kokunye ukuhlelwa kokugcina kombukiso kwadonsa iRarbymore emhlabeni wonke, waba nengxoxo nomuntu osebenza naye esitolo esisebenzayo uNatalie Portman. Izinkanyezi ezimbili ziboshelwe inkanyezi ngandlela thile ka-1996 "wonke umuntu uthi ngiyakuthanda," okwakulokhu kukhunjulwa kulolu hlelo. Kwesinye sezikhathi, iRarbrmore yavuma: "Ngifunde ukuthi awuzange ube lula esikoleni, ngoba ubeke inkanyezi kuma-movie, bese ubuyela esikoleni futhi nje ubuhlungu bachitha isikhathi nezinye izingane ... empeleni bengingakwazi lokhu Mayelana nabadlali abathile: Kwakuwukuhlangenwe nakho kwami uqobo, nganginobuhlobo nalokhu. "
Ekwamukelweni kweNatalie Portman eholayo kuphendule ukuthi esitatimendeni sakhe ngesitatimende sesikole kwakusho okulandelayo: "Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu bahlekiswa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukahlukene futhi lesi yisizathu esihle sokukuhlekisa, ngoba wenza lokho okuthandayo." IBarrmore futhi yenze isifaniso sokuthi ebusheni bakhe, ofunda nabo efunda nabo bafakazela nje ingcindezi, bethi: "Ucabanga ukuthi ukhethekile kangaka?" Ngasikhathi sinye, zonke izenzo zazo ezivela kumona, zabonisa okuphambene - umlingisi omncane wazizwa "ngeshwa ngeshwa."
UPortman uyaqhubeka: "Ngiyazi ukuthi kudabukisa kakhulu, futhi kubonakala sengathi abantu abasha kufanele bakwazi ukuziqhenya ngempumelelo yabo, kodwa empeleni ngashiya ikhanda lami ngaso sonke isikhathi futhi ngabheka impilo yami hhayi okuhle." Noma kunjalo, amantombazane anqume ukuqeda izingxoxo zawo ngokungashongo ngenothi elihle, lapho uNatalie ahlanganyela iqiniso lokuthi wayenjengokuthi "umsolwa omkhulu esikoleni" futhi aqoshwe emakilasini "amaqembu ayisiphukuphuku", ahlekisa eRarymore.