According to interviews with Rockstar producers (leaked in 2012 via gaming forums), Verissimo walked into the audition room with a black eye from a stunt practice the night before. When asked to read the line: "CJ, you always think you can save everybody... but who’s gonna save you?" – she didn't just read it. She slammed a chair against the wall and screamed it. She got the job in ten minutes.
The role of Lola, the tough sister of the protagonist Leïto, was written specifically for Verissimo by producer Luc Besson. According to interviews with Rockstar producers (leaked in
: Producer Luc Besson wrote the character of Lola specifically with Dany Verissimo in mind after she moved away from her earlier stage name, Ally Mac Tyana . Ally Mac Tyana .