Fran, brilliant and empathetic guy that he is, chose to stay outside of the room while directing, which was an incredibly generous thing for him to do.
He does love animals though and has worked with them before in films, but he loves steak.
The actor embodying the role is Martha Plimpton, someone who has been showing her versatility for five decades since the age of 11 when she made her film debut in Alan J.
Her first appearance on stage was when her mother dressed her up for the curtain call of the short-lived Broadway production The Leaf People, followed by another performance in The Ass and the Heart.