Welles made her first visit to New York City in 1947 when filming for Ladies' Man, where she learnt about expressing dislike towards the subway. She struggled to adopt the right expression, having been asked to look frantic by told by the director she only looked "mild". She instead opted for wildness, which is how the scene was shot, though she later accepted that the expression used in the film was not right, noting that "people in the subway look dazed".
