Yebo, kubonakala sengathi uzimisele ngokuhle kwe- Sylvester stallone ufuna ukuqondisa ifilimu ngomlobi omkhulu futhi oyindida Edgar Allan Poe. Futhi nakuba ekuqaleni kwakukhona inkulumo ukuthi uSly wayefuna ukukholisa Robert Downey Jr. ukudlala indawo ehamba phambili, kodwa ekugcineni kungaba ubuqili noma uDowney wagcina ngokuqhekeka, bese ubheka umfana ashaya indima yokuba nengqondo, woza, ubezowufekethisa.
Kepha kude nokudela, uStallone unikele ngendima uViggo Mortensen futhi ucabangisisa ngayo, yize kubonakala sengathi ufuna ukushintsha ezinye izinto kuskripthi ngaphambi kokwamukela indima.