Trivia

On a visit to William Hurt 's dressing room, Hector Babenco found him in full make-up and costume, trying to get at the gist of the character. Babenco told him he had the body of a boxer and to use that to imagine himself as someone with his physique who wanted to be a very elegant dancer. The director told the "freaked out" star that when he understood the character from that contradiction, "then we'll talk about the ponytail, pancake, beauty mark," and the rest of the outward appearances. See more