I wanted to make these people real, not like they were in a painting. Like these are people who don't know they're in a period movie. Those concerns are incredibly immediate.
That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.
Whenever you want something that you're not going to get, suddenly the whiney 3-year-old comes out in you.