Renny Harlin got the job by refusing to take "no" for an answer. Rather than accept the rejection, he instead showed up at the New Line Cinema offices on a daily basis, repeatedly requesting to speak with producer Robert Shaye. For a variety of reasons, they didn't like any of the other directors who came in for meetings about this movie, and Harlin always seemed to be around. Eventually, his persistence won the day, to some degree, because he was so clearly impoverished that his clothes never seemed to change day-to-day, and even began to smell. They had to hire him just so he could afford some new clothes, or so Bob Shaye jokes. According to Harlin, Shaye rarely ever spoke to him throughout the shoot, even though he would visit the set quite often. That made filming Shaye's cameo scene a bit difficult. The resulting tension meant Harlin lived each day on-set like it would be his last, because he was fairly positive Shaye was going to fire him at any moment without warning.

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