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
John Travers (actor) he starred with Mischa Barton in the World War I film "Closing the Ring", the final film directed by Richard Attenborough. His recent role as Young Michel Quinlan (Pete Postlethwaite in older version) in "Closing the Ring" had brought this young man from Belfast (his hometown) to international eyes. In 2008, John was in Peacefire. In the movie which was directed by Macdara Vallely, John took the lead role for the first time. John Travers (actor) John Travers (born 31 January 1989) is a Northern Irish actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the film "Song for