Trivia: Co-star Tony Curran, who plays the villainous vampire Marcus, also played a vampire in "Blade II", and co-starred in "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" - a film also featuring vampires.
Trivia: The child-actor playing young Selene is actually the daughter of adult Selene's actress Kate Beckinsale.
Trivia: Tony Curran, who portrays Marcus, stipulated in his contract that he wanted his vampire fangs to be made in such a way that he could leave them in during the entire shoot - including days he wasn't filming.
Answer: This could be a confusion over characters. If I remember rightly, the film opens with a scene set somewhere around 1200AD, showing the three vampire elders, Markus, Viktor and Amelia, leading a war party. Possibly your friend has mistaken Amelia, played by Hungarian actress Zita Görög, for Selene, who doesn't appear in the film until after this lengthy flashback sequence has finished.
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