▁Re porter ▁that ▁Col in ▁Far rell ▁was ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁short ▁list , ▁which ▁included ▁Tom ▁Hard y ▁and ▁Michael ▁F ass b ender , ▁to ▁play ▁Qu a id . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Far rell ▁had ▁secured ▁the ▁role . ▁Far rell ▁stated ▁in ▁April ▁that ▁the ▁re make ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁Dick ' s ▁short ▁story . ▁ ▁Beck ins ale ▁and ▁B iel ▁were ▁both ▁confirmed ▁for ▁roles ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 5 , ▁after ▁actress es ▁Eva ▁Green , ▁D iane ▁Kru ger , ▁and ▁Kate ▁Bos worth ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁considered ▁for ▁B iel ' s ▁role . ▁A ctor ▁Bry an ▁C ran ston ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁the ▁film ' s ▁villa in . ▁Eth an ▁Haw ke ▁was ▁reported ly ▁cast ▁in ▁a ▁came o ▁role , ▁and ▁commented ▁that ▁his ▁character ▁had ▁a ▁mon olog ue ▁about ▁five ▁pages ▁long ; ▁however , ▁this ▁role ▁was ▁later ▁cut . ▁Though ▁cut ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁film , ▁Eth an ▁Haw ke ▁is ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁extended ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁Later ▁cast ▁add itions ▁included ▁Bill ▁N igh y ▁and ▁John ▁Cho . ▁ ▁On ▁a ▁reported ▁budget ▁of ▁$ 1 2 5 ▁million , ▁principal ▁phot ography ▁began ▁in ▁Toronto ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁and ▁ended ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 .