Joe Dallesandro wandered into the shooting of The Loves of Ondine in the fall of 1967, and was immediately cast in a scene, and also played in Lonesome Cowboys. After Paul Morrissey began making movies on his own, Dallesandro became a regular star, most famous for the Morrissey trilogy, Flesh, Trash, and Heat. Dallesandro was a pansexual icon in a time of changing sexual styles.