- Ability over Appearance: Eddie Murphy doesn't look or sound anything like the real Rudy Ray Moore, but he still embodies Moore’s charisma and charm.
- Dawson Casting:
- A 57-year old Eddie Murphy plays Rudy Ray Moore, who was in his mid-to-late 40s throughout the movie. Luelle, who plays Rudy's aunt, is only 6 years older than Murphy.
- Wesley Snipes was 56 when he played the 35-year old D'Urville Martin.
- Fake American:
- Serbian Aleksandr Filimonovic as Joseph Bihari, who was of Hungarian Jewish descent.
- Australian Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nicholas Josef von Sternberg.
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