 When Quentin Tarantino (qv) wrote the screenplay, he wanted to  have Mickey Rourke (qv) in the film to get Rourke back in the  business again. But then Robert Rodriguez (I) (qv) used him for  _Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)_ (qv) and _Sin City (2005)_ (qv)  and Tarantino scrapped the idea.