According to Kantor and Twohey's memoir, the two reporters made every effort to make contact with survivors, get their facts straight, and stay committed to the story with the help of their editor Rebecca Corbett (played by Patricia Clarkson) and former New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet (played by Andre Braugher). This included traveling across the country and the world to places like California and London, where Kantor met with survivors of Weinstein's abuse from the early 1990s. This all checks out in "She Said."
Both Kazan and Mulligan said they spoke to Kantor and Twohey frequently to fully understand what it was like interviewing survivors. Twohey told the L.A. Times that Mulligan wanted to know "not just what words are said but in what tone and with what body language." She continued, "She also wanted to know how we contain our emotions as we report into such upsetting discoveries. It was really moving to see all that research expressed on screen."
