Screenwriter Choi Seok-hwan brought him a script he had been working on for years; Choi had collaborated with Lee on his previous films King and the Clown and Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003).
Penulis skenario Choi Seok-hwan menyodorkan kepadanya sebuah naskah yang sudah dikerjakan selama beberapa tahun, Choi sudah bekerja sama dengan Lee dalam film King and the Clown dan Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003).