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For Silberling, these emotions are familiar territory. In 1989, his girlfriend, actress Rebecca Schaeffer (TV?s My Sister Sam), was murdered by a stalker. ?There?s no set of guidelines as to what?s appropriate after that,? Silberling says. ?Is it a moment where you just freeze for the rest of your life?? He began writing the film five years later, hoping to set up the project with mentor Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks, but the fledgling, pre?American Beauty studio found the script a bit too esoteric? as did Hoffman, who read an early version. (Premiere)