Dany Verissimo, never one to back down, reportedly climbed the same rig the next morning to prove it was safe. “If the cable cracks again, at least I’ll fall on my own terms,” she told a crew member. That line has since become legendary among cult action fans.
The "cracked" reality is that they barely needed to speak. The film’s dialogue is notoriously weak, but the physical conversation between the two is Shakespearean in its complexity. They communicate through movement. In a behind-the-scenes context, this was a necessity; neither was a classically trained actor, so they let their bodies do the talking. The Sisterhood of District 13: Behind the Scenes