▁is ▁" touch - and - go ▁whether ▁she ' ll ▁pull ▁through ". ▁ ▁Joseph ▁and ▁F aye ▁separate ▁following ▁her ▁affair ▁with ▁L inden . ▁This ▁leaves ▁Jac ▁and ▁Joseph ▁free ▁to ▁re kind le ▁their ▁rom ance . ▁F aye ▁gives ▁birth ▁to ▁his ▁child ▁Harry , ▁while ▁det ained ▁in ▁a ▁mental ▁health ▁facility . ▁The ▁events ▁force ▁Joseph ▁to ▁break - up ▁with ▁Jac . ▁But ▁when ▁F aye ▁ref uses ▁to ▁associate ▁with ▁Joseph , ▁he ▁apolog ises ▁to ▁Jac ▁and ▁they ▁get ▁back ▁together . ▁ ▁Friend ship ▁with ▁Sach a ▁Le vy ▁ ▁Then - script ▁editor ▁Simon ▁Har per ▁suggested ▁pair ing ▁Jac ▁with ▁registr ar ▁Sach a ▁Le vy ▁( Bob ▁Bar rett ) ▁following ▁his ▁introduction ▁as ▁the ▁characters ▁have ▁contrast ing ▁personal ities . ▁On ▁the ▁actors ' ▁first ▁day ▁working ▁together , ▁they ▁fil med ▁two ▁more ▁scenes ▁than ▁planned ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁working ▁so ▁quickly . ▁The ▁characters ▁remained ▁pa ired ▁together ▁for ▁six ▁months . ▁Bar rett ▁thought ▁the ▁characters ▁were ▁friends ▁because ▁with ▁Jac , ▁Sach a ▁can ▁"[ see ] ▁straight ▁through ▁what ▁everyone ▁else ▁strugg les ▁with " ▁and ▁understand s ▁that ▁Jac ▁has ▁" the ▁greatest ▁heart ". ▁Like wise , ▁with ▁Sach a , ▁Jac ▁speak s ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁manner ▁to ▁everyone ▁else , ▁and ▁together , ▁they ▁trust ▁each ▁other ▁a ▁lot . ▁Marcel ▁believed ▁that ▁Jac ▁and ▁Sach a ▁should ▁be ▁rom ant ically ▁involved ▁because ▁" they