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
Joey Travolta "The Hottest Ticket in Town"). Additional acting credits include work with director John Landis on multiple feature film projects: "Beverly Hills Cop III" (1994), "Oscar" (1991), and "Susan's Plan". He was also a series regular on the WB television hit "Movie Stars" (1999). Stage performances include starring roles in "Bye Bye Birdie", "Guys and Dolls", and "West Side Story". He wrote and directed "Diva Las Vegas" in 1989, which went on to win the Italian Funny Film Festival. In 1991, Joey Travolta produced and starred in "Da Vinci's War". He later produced and starred in the sequel, "To the Limit"