▁wer en ' t ▁stupid , ▁they ▁were ▁smart ▁to ▁do ▁that . ▁It ▁certainly ▁made ▁them ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁money , ▁and ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁much ▁risk ier ▁project ▁to ▁go ▁the ▁other ▁way . ▁They ▁wer en ' t ▁sure ▁whether ▁Ra quel ▁could ▁pull ▁it ▁off . ▁I ▁think ▁she ▁could ▁have , ▁but ▁they ▁wanted ▁to ▁play ▁it ▁much ▁sa fer ▁and ▁go ▁with ▁a ▁much ▁more ▁straight - on ▁roll er ▁der by ▁story . ▁So , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁made ▁like ▁that , ▁and ▁I ▁think ▁it ' s ▁pretty ▁good , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁a ▁different ▁kind ▁of ▁movie ▁than ▁the ▁version ▁I ▁en vision ed . ▁ ▁Ra quel ▁Wel ch ▁discussed ▁her ▁character ▁in ▁detail ▁to ▁the ▁press : ▁ ▁The ▁motiv ation ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁I ▁play ▁is ▁simply ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁bu ck ▁in ▁life ▁and ▁to ▁att ain ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁identity . ▁There ' s ▁a ▁fut ility ▁in ▁what ▁she ▁does . ▁The ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁track ▁is ▁her ▁life , ▁round ▁and ▁round , ▁going ▁now here . ▁But ▁the ▁pros , ▁the ▁real ▁sk aters ▁who ▁worked ▁with ▁me , ▁they ▁were ▁ter r ific . ▁Most ▁of ▁them ▁suffer ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁image ▁I ▁do . ▁They ' re ▁on ▁sk ates , ▁they ' re ▁p added ▁up , ▁they ' re ▁on ▁a ▁raised ▁track . ▁Most ▁people ▁tend ▁to ▁think ▁of ▁these ▁girls ▁as ▁Ama z ons . ▁But ▁most