After the script was ready, New Line agreed to start shooting the film. The producer set up an office in Cronenberg's hometown of Toronto, Canada, and began recruiting the whole class in front of and behind the scenes. Photographer Peter Suscheski has filmed "Senses Games" and "Children's Nightmare". Cronenberg had no intention of asking Maria Bello to play the role, but when she met Cronenberg for the first time in Toronto, Cronenberg found that Bello and Mortensen matched well, making them suitable to play Tom's wife. Then Vigo Mortensen and Maria Bello were chosen to play the Stolls, and the American actors Ed Harris and William Hurt, whom Cronenberg admired, also joined the crew, playing the role of his son Jack in the film. Ashton Holmes was selected from 100 auditions in Los Angeles and Toronto.
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[Tom is frisked as soon as he enters Richie's home]
Ruben: Got to frisk you.
Tom Stall: Nah, I'll save you the trouble. I'm not packing.
Ruben: I got to frisk you.
Tom Stall: All right. I don't smell very good. I've been driving pretty much non-stop 15 to 16 hours.
Ruben: I'll hold my nose.
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[Bobby picks on Jack for winning the baseball game]
Jack Stall: Bobby, it's just a game, okay? It's just stupid gym class.
Bobby Jordan: Who are you calling stupid?
Jack Stall: [Jack clears his throat] No, I said gym class was stupid.
Bobby Jordan: 'No, I said gym class was.' Listen to this little faggot!
Jack Stall: [Bobby pushes Jack in the back, as Jack turns around to face Bobby] Yeah, you're right. I'm both little and a faggot. You got me dead to rights.
Bobby Jordan: Come on, chicken shit, let's do this!
Jack Stall: [Bobby pushes Jack] What would be the point? I mean, you win. You win, you win. You've established your, uh, alpha male standing; uh, you've established my unworthiness; but doing violence to me just seems pointless and cruel, don't you think?
Bobby Jordan: Let's do this, you punk bitch!
Jack Stall: Shouldn't that be, 'little, punkass, chickenshit, faggot bitch'?
Bobby Jordan: [Bobby grabs Jack's shirt and pushes him again] God!