Mourbel elaborated, saying that filming the scenes chronicling Gaga’s pain were “incredibly hard, on a basic, fundamental, human level.”
He did, however, feel compelled to continue filming. “I think she wanted me to,” he said, “because she felt [that] should be in the film. I think she was very aware of other people who struggle with similar chronic pain. She is not even sure how to deal with it, and that’s a reality.”