 The director was Catherine Bigelow. Her husband, James Cameron, heard about it and handed it to her. Some of the people the studio wanted, they did not want Keanu Reeves in any way. Wait, wait. Catherine Bigelow married to James Cameron? At the time. Oh, okay. Because then James Cameron married the woman from Crocodile Dundee. Oh. Terminator. And Terminator. Oh. Right? Get around. Yeah.