To portray the dastardly Jacob McGivens, Martin Campbell selected Nick Chinlund, explaining, "Nick looks threatening to me and carries off that enforcer feel he is the gunman hired to do the dirty work". Chinlund accepted the role in part to work with Campbell, but mainly because when he read the script, "The words were great, the style of speaking was very specific. There was only one way to deliver those lines, which is a gift when it happens". (Variety)...