Really? Rene Russo?

Really!? She's pretty hot!

All of you are apparently oblivious to the fact that the actress is married to the writer/director of this movie, that negates everything you think about the appropriateness of her playing Nina.

Lou

If a guy is lonely enough, he'll sleep with just about anybody. It's not like he was interacting with any other females. It's really not that unbelievable.

It wasn't based on physical attraction. Louis saw himself in Nina and admired her morally bankrupt pursuit to be the first to report and show footage of violent and shocking news. He admired her for this. She was the one person in his life similar to him, and it helped that she was a stepping stone toward his career pursuits. I got the impression that Louis was leveraging his videos so that they could be a professional power couple. He was much more interested in that than sex.

I'd hit it!!

He wants to use her and she is vulnerable to pressure. Of course he wants that.

she is the directors wife...

Speak for yourself, there’s something very sexy about an aged woman who takes great care of her body.
Rene was gorgeous in this!