It's no wonder Nicole would make such an association, the same independent cabin, the same dimly lit setup, the same dismissal of unrelated personnel, the same repeated NGs, only this time the person in the bed had gone from Adrian to Naomi. But, she underestimated Adrian too much, he's not thinking about those things at all right now. Work is work, personal is personal, and anything else would be pushed aside by him until the job was done.
One must remember that copying a film doesn't guarantee success, without the directorial experience and learnings from a previous life, without starting with relatively simple movies, without complete dedication to production, how could Adrian possibly create these films that hold a place in cinematic history so smoothly and efficiently?