Steve Austin mentioned in the director’s commentary of The Condemned DVD that he was originally scheduled to play the role of the lead villain in the movie that eventually went to Vinnie Jones. Austin said that when he brought the project to Vince McMahon he told him that he would be behind it if he could play the lead character of Jack Conrad. Austin mentioned that he did The Condemned over The Marine, however, if he would have known what he knows now he would have rather done The Marine given the amount of success.