 When executives at some studios read the script , they told the Wachowskis that if they changed the character of Corky to that of a man , they would be interested . The siblings declined , saying " that movie 's been made a million times , so we 're really not interested in it . " Dino De Laurentiis , the executive producer on Assassins , offered to finance Bound and his company produced it , giving them " free rein " with regard to the story . The film 's budget was $ 6 million . 
