[2] The film stars Martin Tielli, Mary Margaret O'Hara and Sarah Slean as Eve Hardwick, the character that is based on Evelyn Dick.
The film begins with a severed head that is just about to go up in flames when it starts to sing "Blue Prelude" by Nina Simone.
Mortin claims that one of the hardest tasks was finding the perfect femme fatale to play Eve Hardwick.
In the spring of 2004, he met Sarah Slean and Mortin was "blown away" by her music and her "inherent theatrically".
Suddenly her character, the period, the whole film noir world of BLACK WIDOW snapped into sharp focus for her.