 Midler and Alvarado bonded on set and even performed an impromptu duet of the chorus of the Beatles' "If I Fell" during Alvarado's screen test, which led to Alvarado being cast.After "Stella", Alvarado played the role of Elinor Hartley in "American Friends", which Michael Palin both wrote and starred in.Alvarado later worked alongside John Goodman again on the 1992 biopic "The Babe", playing the role of Helen Woodford Ruth.