ILLUSTRATION CAT SIMS
There was quite a lot of research and development involved in the penises,” says Ethan Coen of one key element, a collection of dildos, in Drive-Away Dolls. “The prop person, Gay Perello, auditioned some penises for us. She had to get signed releases from the models. Everything gets lawyered to death, believe it or not. Because somebody might sue you, presumably saying, ‘You used my penis-cast without my permission.’ I don’t know what the reasoning is; at some point your mind shuts down. But at any rate, there was exhaustive discussion of size, shapes and colours of penises.”
“And how they were arranged,” adds his co-writer and, says Coen, effectively co-director, Tricia Cooke. “At one point we had four across and one on top.”