Ukuhlanganiswa kwe- i-premiere izolo kweZodiac, omunye wabaphikisi bayo, uJake Gyllenhaal, ukhulume kabanzi ngoRobert Downey Jr, osebenza njengoPaul Avery, umbhali wezindaba zamaphoyisa weSan Francisco Chronicle, ngakhoke umlingani kaRobert Graysmith, umlingiswa odlalwa nguGyllenhaal.
«Kuhle kakhulu futhi kujwayelekile umlingisi unezinketho nemibono epholile engaba ngu-25 ngomzuzu owodwa. Futhi kukhona uRobert Downey Jr. onemibono ephakathi kuka-500 no-750, "kusho uGyllenhaal ngemuva kokwethulwa kwefilimu kwabezindaba eCannes.
Abanye abantu bangakuchaza lokho njengokusangana. Ngikubiza ngobuhlakani (…) Ugijima uzungeza umlingisi, bese bekujaha, kungazelelwe. Kuyinto emnandi, lapho isigqi sikhona yonke indawo, kufana nokudlala i-jazz nothile, ”engeza.
Uma uhlaziya umsebenzi kaDowney, ugcwele izindima ezinokwethenjelwa kuphela ubuntu obukhethekile obufana nobakhe. Ngaphandle kokuqhubeka, ifilimu yakhe yokugcina engikwazile ukuyibuka kube yi-Portrait ye-obsession ne-Kidman. Lapho udlala umakhelwane kaDiane Arbus, indoda ethintekile yisifo esingajwayelekile esimenza abe nezinwele umzimba wonke, futhi ngenxa yalokhu, kuye kwadingeka abekezelele ukuphathwa njengesilwane kepha nokho abe nokuziphatha okuhle.