Sam, on the other hand, arrives to the bodyguard profession via a more 21st century route. Jewson envisioned Sam first working in counterterrorism before going into close protection. "We thought she’d been in military and police and had hit a glass ceiling with what she could and couldn't do, and decided to go into the world of close protection because it gave her a lot of freedom and could be on par with the men," Jewson said. "She could still be in the line of fire."