 Imelda Staunton, a year after her Academy Award-nominated performance in "Vera Drake", appears in the film as Ambassador Cochran.She explained to the BBC's Mark Lawson that she filmed for two days, but that Seagal did not film any reverses with her, resulting in her filming all her scenes with Seagal's stand-in and a Romanian film student, who would read Seagal's dialogue off-camera.She claims she did the film for money, and as a chance to portray a character with an American Accent.