Drew Barrymore was considered to play the part of Joyce Lakeland when Andrew Dominik was attached as director around 2003.

Lewis was set to star as Joyce Lakeland when Quentin Tarantino was attached as director to the project in the mid-1990s, but when it was made in the 2000s, she was no longer age appropiate.

Originally, in 1956, 20th Century Fox purchased the film rights to the novel "The Killer Inside Me" as a possible starring vehicle for Monroe. Sadly, Marilyn's death left the project cancelled.