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11. The Actual ‘Lust’ Victim Didn’t Get Quite As Much To Do
The actual murder victim in the ‘Lust’ scenario didn’t get as much out of her brief appearance in the movie as her killer did.
Cat Mueller was a set decorator on the film when Fincher’s assistant took her to one side and asked whether she fancied playing a dead prostitute in the movie, joking that she “had the personality for it, and definitely the body.”
Mueller wasn’t an actor, and so wasn’t a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild - she was paid $500 for two days, gagged and tied naked to a bed, with freezing cold fake blood all over her, six hours a day. Luckily, as she puts it, the main perk was “being naked in front of Brad Pitt.”