Thomas added, «I had a
slight fear of taking on this role, because it has been done so many times before and when I'd read the screenplay, it was a brilliant
story and revealed all sort of things that I didn't know about... It was kind of daunting prospect to take on this character but I felt very strongly about showing a woman who also sacrificed a great deal, who was
incredibly... to support this man who drove her mad at times and who had his doubts and who had his weaknesses but yet was utterly charming and brutish.»