Sengikutshelile lapha ngesikhathi ukulahlwa ngu Brad Pitt de I-State of Play, ukuguqulwa kwefilimu yochungechunge olusakazwa yi-BBC (njengoba kwenzeka ngaleso sikhathi nge-Traffic manje engikhumbulayo), futhi ukuqondisa kwayo kwakuphathiswe UKevin Macdonald (umqondisi weThe Last King of Scotland).
Iphuzu liwukuthi uPitt wathathelwa indawo Russell Crowe, owayezobhekana ekhuluma ngobuciko enye yezintandokazi zami njengoba enjalo Edward Norton, kodwa njengoba kusho uqabane u-Alex Socco, wabuye wawushiya lo msebenzi ngoba ubuhambisana nokulungiswa kwamahlaya Amahlamvu Otshani.
Le filimu ibisiphenduke inselelo kubakhiqizi, okuthe ngenhlanhla bathola omunye ozovala indawo yakhe (yize ingafinyeleli ekujuleni kwezicathulo zakhe njengomlingisi) Ben Affleck. Esimeni Sokudlala, u-Affleck udlala i-congressman esafisa ukuvela ngenxa yehlazo kulandela ukubulawa kwesithandwa sakhe.
