Skye at 17, the youngest in the lead cast was fearful of letting everyone down.

I was really intimidated, she says.

I remember feeling, Oh no, Ive got thesebigscenes coming up.

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I hope Im good.'

Her nerves ended up working in her favor, Crowe says.

She wasnt written to be quite as fragile, but seeing Ione play it that way was really tender.

[Her performance] made me feel like Lloyd understanding her better than anybody else would be really powerful.

John Mahoney had plenty of competition for his role.

He said, I want to play Lloyd,' Crowe recalls.

Here and there, we would meet up and fool around a little.

Filming the boom-box scene was a lot less romantic than you think.

I was a realteen.

Speaking of the boom box, In Your Eyes almost played a third time in the film.

Additional reporting by Ruth Kinane.