The producers asked Maggie Gyllenhaal to wear a protective pad during the spanking scene. "Why not pretend?" suggests Andrew Fierberg, concerned how her management might react. But Gyllenhaal insists. As she explained it, she had a delicate challenge. "My character is supposed to be moved by the tiniest movement of Spader's, or look or breath," she says. "So, I've allowed myself to be totally open to him." A myriad of emotions seems to register. One is surprise. If she had it to do again, she later confesses, she might wear a pad. "I forgot you have to do 15 takes," she says. "I hurt myself in ways I didn't expect." (She ended up with a football-sized bruise and had to wear body makeup for the nude scenes later in the film.)

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