Face/Off Werb and Michael Colleary tried to sell to a studio from as early as 1990. The first actors who were chosen to play Sean Archer and Castor Troy were Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger respectively but John Woo instead hired John Travolta and Nicolas Cage to play those characters. It took numerous studios, producers and rewrites before John Woo became attached several years later. For the Archer character, Woo considered casting either Michael Douglas or Jean-Claude Van Damme with whom he had worked in "Hard Target". When the film was eventually made, Douglas served as an executive producer. Werb and
Face Off Unlimited known as EpicLLOYD. In 2014 Face Off Unlimited opened The NYC Improv Face Off in Times Square at Times Scare. Improv Face Off features Face Off's best and brightest stars. Also, in 2014, Face Off opened Face Off's 11th Hour Improv Show, which features the newest and rising stars in the Face Off company. 2014 also saw successful runs of Face Off Unlimited Presents Goon River, a completely improvised storytelling experience in complete darkness, and NADS, an improv comedy meets Magic Mike that boasted the hottest men in comedy. Their premier show, an original improvised musical and comedy show called