Union, on the other hand, has reportedly been saying how excited she is about the role and the new direction it represents in her career. She recently gushed to MTV.com: "It's the first time I get to be a lesbian, and I'm so excited! My girlfriend is Annette Bening, and I play this speed freak, manic-depressive, crazy woman who comes into her life and wreaks havoc on her family. I don't ever get to play these characters, so I'm having a ball."

Union has also reportedly commented on how much she respects Bening, telling ContactMusic.com: "It was magical to kiss [Bening]. It was a little overwhelming. She is truly a professional in the sense that she knows so much about the business, and knows so much about the craft and people respect her opinion.”

Tabloid reports maintain that the pair “found lesbian sex and kissing scenes were much easier than they thought they'd be—and more pleasant than steamy scenes with men.” According to ContactMusic.com, Union has said, "It's just a bit easier and it's a little softer. Strangely enough, it feels more natural to be with someone outside your own relationship when it's a woman.”

Union’s husband, NFL star Chris Howard, reportedly dropped by the set to watch and wasn’t as disapproving as he’s been with the love scenes Union has been in with male actors. "There's something about rolling around with a woman that most men don't seem to take offense to” she told ContactMusic.com, adding, “He didn't mind at all. It was literally one of the first times he was excited about me heading off to work. I would say, 'It's a 16-hour day,' and he would say, 'I don't mind.'” She also said that it was easier for her to perform in those scenes when her husband showed up on set.

Scissors is budgeted at $12 million and currently slated to be released by Sony Miramax sometime in 2006. Burroughs reports he is pleased with how his book has been adapted, from what he has seen of it. The screenplay is written by director/producer Ryan Murphy, who is responsible for the hit series Nip/Tuck. It is co-produced by Brad Pitt and Plan B, an outfit that includes his soon-to-be ex-wife, Jennifer Anniston.

Burroughs lives in Western Mass and New York City with his partner Dennis and their two French bulldogs, Bentley and The Cow. Being gay isn’t the focus of his work but the author is out. He has said that his sexual orientation was never hidden nor was it ever an issue growing up, telling the Sydney Star Observer this past May: “I had no guilt. I wasn’t trained to believe it was wrong and when I was a teenager dealing with all that stuff, I just had other issues, like survival. The fact I was gay was just absolutely no different from the fact that I’m right-handed. And that was the way it has always been in my life. I think that somehow is reflected in the writing. At least I hear that a lot. People read me who don’t read gay authors.”

Besides Scissors and Dry, Burroughs has written Magical Thinking: True Stories, and a novel, Sellevision, which has already been optioned for a movie. According to Variety, Universal has already bought the rights to his third memoir, which is as yet unwritten and will be concerned with his relationship with his father.

His books have been published in fifteen countries and Scissors has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than 82 weeks. It remains to be seen whether the movie version will share a similar success.

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