He was also in the middle of making a television film, "Bloody Kids", which then had to be re-cast. This role marked a change in direction for Beckinsale, playing a hard-nosed detective character in contrast to naive characters he had played before. Director Stephen Frears stated that there are a small number of scenes in the film in which Beckinsale is just off camera, as well as a scene in which he is in a car, although indistinguishable to the viewer.