Kate Winslet revealed on the Team Deakins podcast that some of her first intimate experiences as a teenager were with girls, alongside kissing boys. She stated these early explorations of curiosity and intimacy helped her deeply understand and connect with the intense, obsessive bond between the two teenage protagonists in her breakthrough film, Heavenly Creatures. Winslet described her teenage self as curious and not yet defined in any particular direction, which allowed her to grasp the complex emotional dynamics of the characters' relationship.