However, film historian Jeanine Basinger notes that although his career“reached the heights and plunged to the depths,
Rooney kept on working and growing, the mark of a professional.”.
Burton disliked the idea,
having no clue how the scene would end:"Here were Jack Nicholson and Kim Basinger walking up this cathedral,
and halfway up Jack turns around and says,'Why am I walking up all these stairs?