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While throughout the film Rath is treated as an old man and Bain as a young punk, [[Dawson Casting|the ages of the actors didn't particularly help]]. Stallone was 49 years old, Banderas 35-years old. Part of it was the original casting ideas, called for the Rath role going to [[Sean Connery]], [[Michael Douglas]] and/or [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]. (At the time Connery was in his 60s, Douglas in 50s, Schwarzenegger in his 40s). Ideas for casting Bain included [[Tom Cruise]] and [[Christian Slater]]. (Again, at the time Cruise was in his early 30s, Slater in his 20s).
 
The main scriptwriters, Larry[[the and Andy WachowskiWachowskis]], ended up protesting several changes in their script, which they felt made the final product too different from what they had conceived. This did not prevent them from selling to the same producer, Joel Silver, a second script they had completed alongside Assassins. "[[The Matrix]]" would not be ready for release until 1999. While not a critical hit, the Assassins was a modest commercial hit. It earned about $83,506,268 in the International market. With about 30 million from the United States market, it was the 59th most successful film of its year.
 
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