I usually watch the making of the movies and the director's comments. he said that Nicolas was not a real character. He was brought into the story to make it interesting. I loved Forrest Whittaker in this movie. He said it was very exhausting playing that role. He said the attitude he had to portray was very tiring for him and he was glad when it was over.
I trip out on how he would get mad at Nicolas when things would go wrong. He

would say "Nicolas tell me what to do".
