 According to an April 2003 NPR radio interview with Elvis Mitchell,  Justin Lins production company was on the verge of folding unless  he could secure a certain amount of funding. Lin had essentially  resigned himself to failure; but on a whim called a celebrity he had  met once in Las Vegas. Lin got a call the day before the deadline  from the celeb saying that he had read the script and wanted to  provide some backing. Two hours later, the new investor had wired  Lin the money and saved the production. The celebrity: MC Hammer.