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Because I Said So Full Production Notes
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 Chapter 4 - Singing For Their Dessert: Notes From the SetPrincipal photography for Because I Said So began on December 5, 2005, and the production was lensed at multiple locations across Los Angeles, California. The team zigzagged across the southland, from the Japanese American National Museum—where Milly meets Jason at a cocktail party she caters—and the hills of Benedict Canyon—where Milly and Jason share a romantic night in the architect’s home—to the beach city of Venice, where Good Enuf to Eat (Milly’s catering business) is located, L.A. became the backdrop for the film. Just down the street, Milly’s other lover, Johnny, resides with his young son in the Canal district of Venice. Johnny’s music shop is located across town in the up-and-coming Eagle Rock area near Silver Lake.
Milly’s loft was created in downtown Los Angeles, and the Wilder women were found on yet another shopping trip to Neiman Marcus on Wilshire Boulevard in the heart of Beverly Hills. Daphne’s bakery was shot in the city of Brentwood, while her cozy home was lensed in the Hancock Park area.
To complement the copious amounts of on-set girl talk (all to get into character, of course) found on the L.A. sets, the cast was given a chance to share an additional bonding experience: singing with one another onscreen. In two of the film’s key sequences, the Wilder women make up an impromptu quartet.
“Music was always a big part of this movie,” comments Lehmann. “I knew from the start how well Diane sang (recall her surprisingly good rendition—with Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn—of Leslie Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” in The First Wives Club), so we were trying to find ways to incorporate that. There was much discussion about what kind of music it should be. When we cast Mandy, it was an extra bonus that she was a great singer.”
During Lauren Graham’s audition, Lehmann and the producers were pleased to discover that she also could sing well. Graham had been part of an a cappella group in college and knew she could handle the film’s musical pieces; she was especially enthusiastic. “One of the numbers is a four-part harmony, which is no walk in the park,” Graham recalls. “It’s been fun, because I’ve gone into a recording studio and performed the songs live. It’s something else I love about movies—I want people breaking into song all the time, whether it’s appropriate or not.”
“I don’t even know if we asked Piper if she could sing,” Lehmann continues. “We figured we had two or three good singers already in the group, so we were set. Then we had a recording session for the first song, and when Piper showed up, she just fell right in and did wonderfully.”
Her co-stars’ vocal talents impressed Moore, the seasoned professional of the fledgling group. “Everybody can sing quite well,” she commends. “We joked around that we should make it a girl quartet and take this show on the road. I’m such a softie for those singing moments in romantic comedies. I think it’s perfect that we have not just one, but two, in our film.”
When not on stage, it was back to work for the Wilder women. While Maggie stays quite busy as a psychologist and Mae stays busy getting into mischief, Daphne is self-employed as a cake baker/decorator and Milly works in the aforementioned catering business. As Daphne and Milly’s culinary workplaces are key elements to Hopkins and Nelson’s script, the team quickly realized it had to enlist professional assistance to help with the sweeter aspects of the film.
They looked no further than The Cake Divas, who were brought on board by a set prop master who had worked with the bakers on a previous project. Also known as Leigh Grode and Joan Spitler, the Divas have owned their Los Angeles-based custom dessert company since 1998, creating signature cakes for numerous films and television shows.
Originally, they were hired to simply bake the cakes. But after further discussions with the producers about Keaton’s character, the filmmakers suggested that Spitler serve as Keaton’s “decorating double” for scenes in which Daphne is showcasing a flair for frosting. Subsequently, the Divas were asked to serve on screen as Daphne’s bakery assistants.
“The overall theme of the cakes for this movie is about expressing Daphne’s style,” offers Spitler. “We read the script, and we went through and made sketches for each cake and came up with different ideas to reflect each different character in the film.”
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Harmonizing and far too many Cake Diva slices completed, the Wilder women said goodbye to principal photography on February 3, 2006. “We’ve had such a good time,” recalls Graham. “That’s a bonus when you’re playing a family, because it comes through. It’s become this girl fest, every cliché you don’t want to be. We basically talk about boys and shopping all day.”
Comedy, romance, sex, musical numbers and baked goods aside, the core of Because I Said So examines one of the most primal universal forces: parental love. Producer/co-writer Jessie Nelson concludes: “Diane, Karen and I loved the line in the script in which Daphne says that motherhood is such an impossible love. You want to hold your children so tight and protect them from being hurt. But as a mother, you know that it’s only when your children fall that they learn how not to fall once again.”
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