erton ▁spoke ▁of ▁Nich ols ' ▁aim ▁to ▁strike ▁a ▁" s ense ▁of ▁authentic ity ▁and ▁truth " ▁in ▁L oving , ▁with ▁the ▁actor ▁himself ▁remark ing ▁his ▁and ▁Neg ga ' s ▁attempt ▁to ▁try ▁to ▁look , ▁sound , ▁and ▁act ▁as ▁close ▁as ▁possible ▁to ▁the ▁way ▁Richard ▁and ▁M ild red ▁really ▁were . ▁He ▁was ▁intent ▁on ▁ver is im il itude , ▁to ▁which ▁Nich ols ▁began ▁to ▁state , ▁" I ▁didn ' t ▁feel ▁comfortable ▁making ▁things ▁up ▁with ▁this ▁story — the ▁j ail ▁was ▁the ▁same ▁j ail ▁they ▁stayed ▁in . ▁The ▁front ▁shot ▁of ▁the ▁cour th ouse ▁was ▁the ▁same ▁cour th ouse ." ▁The ▁Lov ings ' ▁surv iving ▁child , ▁Peg gy ▁L oving , ▁was ▁a ▁consult ant ▁to ▁the ▁production . ▁She ▁visited ▁the ▁set ▁and ▁was ▁struck ▁by ▁how ▁thoroughly ▁the ▁actors ▁had ▁ch anne led ▁her ▁parents ▁– ▁in ▁character ▁and ▁in ▁cost ume . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Sar af , ▁both ▁Bern ie ▁C ohen ▁and ▁Phil ▁Hir sch kop ▁were ▁consult ed ▁on ▁the ▁film , ▁despite ▁no ▁longer ▁being ▁on ▁speaking ▁terms ▁with ▁one ▁another . ▁The ▁mak ers ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁did ▁change ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁details , ▁with ▁Nich ols ▁invent ing ▁some ▁characters ▁and ▁scenes , ▁however , ▁he ▁sought ▁to ▁stay ▁as ▁true ▁to ▁the ▁Lov ings ' ▁story ▁as ▁possible . ▁Spe aking ▁to ▁Cover age ▁Op in ions , ▁Hir sch kop ▁expressed