In the January 1995 issue of Movieline magazine, Susan Sarandon revealed she was very nervous before doing the infamous oral sex scene with James Spader. "Every beat of that scene was very clearly designated. I think it's very hard to be naked in a scene and not be upstaged by your nipples. People don't even hear what you're saying for the first 30 seconds if you're standing there nude, so it has to be for some very specific reason. And you have to know what the scene is about. I remember when we did that scene in White Palace, I was always saying things like, 'But how could I be doing that because, really, where are my hands now?' Thank God Jimmy Spader was such a great person to work with," Sarandon said.