"I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt like the production basically took the whole town over. In a way, we were the Martians in Kansas"

In this quote, Lukas Haas is explaining his experience shooting in Kansas for a month. He explains that they were mainly operating in a small town, which made it feel like the production had actually totally taken control of the town. This might indicate that the film crew and actors were the main focus and presence in the town during that time. Haas then compares their presence to that of Martians, indicating that they were outsiders or aliens in this town. This could suggest that their existence and work in the town was uncommon or unforeseen, and they might have seemed like they didn't rather fit in with the regional community.