 Billy Zane ended up in this movie due to a mistake made by his  agent. Zane had read the script for a different movie called "The  Taxman", and his told his agent he would meet with the producers.  His agent accidentally hooked him up with the producers of "Taxman",  a totally different script. They didnt figure out the mistake until  halfway through the meeting, but Zane agreed to do the movie anyway.