James Morris was originally going to direct the film, but during a production meeting he started to act out scenes to give examples of how he felt the character should be portrayed. The crew felt his performance was much stronger than that of the person they had previously cast, so directing was turned over to Michael Christensen and James assumed the role of 'Jace'.
In the original screenplay, Jace was Lauren's ex-husband. However, Michael thought it would be much more interesting if the character only had a loose association with Lauren, so the script was changed.