The role of Lou Ivanov almost didn't happen for Ethan. The production team lost Ethan's tape and thought he never sent in an audition. In fact, the production went through with a few callbacks and were a week away from the start of shooting. It was the director, Sergio Guerrero Garzafox, who remembered Ethan's reel and asked if he ever sent in a tape. Luckily, they scoured their files and found his tape. Sergio called Ethan in for a screen test. Hours later, Ethan was cast and his first day of filming was 4 days later. A beautiful role that almost never happened.