 Luc Merenda (qv) also came out of retirement to play The  Detective. Roth is a huge fan of Merendas 1970s Italian films such  as _Torso (1977)_ (qv) and _Kidnap Syndicate, The (1979)_ (qv), and  asked him to play the role. Merenda called Edwige Fenech (qv) and  asked her how she enjoyed working with Roth, and her response was so  overwhelmingly enthusiastic that Merenda agreed to do it. Now a  successful top dealer, Luc Merenda (qv) last was seen on the 1992  television show _"Edera, L" (1992)_ (qv), starring  Susanna Bequer (qv), who plays The Translator in the scene with  Merenda in _Hostel: Part II (2007)_ (qv).