Kubonakala sengathi uSylvester Stallone uzimisele ngokuqondisa ifilimu ngombhali omkhulu noyimfihlakalo u-Edgar Allan Poe . Futhi nakuba kwakunenkulumo yokuqala yokuthi uStallone wayefuna ukukholisa uRobert Downey Jr. ukuthi adlale indima ephambili, kwavela ukuthi lokho kwakuyihlebezi noma uDowney wahoxa. Futhi le ndoda iyafanelana ngempela nendima yomlingiswa ophambene; ngabe ubephelele.
Kodwa esikhundleni sokudela, uStallone unikeze uViggo Mortensen le ndima , ocabanga ngayo ngokungathi sÃna, yize kubonakala sengathi ufuna ukushintsha izinto ezithile kuskripthi ngaphambi kokwamukela le ndima.
