 In the end credits there is a special thanks to Harvey Keitel. He  was not involved in the movie as such, but he made a very important  phone call to Tim Roth. Roth had been offered a big and well paid  part in a big budget film immediately before this low budget  independent film was to begin shooting. Harvey Keitel made a phone  call to Roth, giving him the following advice "Dont take the money.  Take the film you really want to make". So Roth stayed with this  project.