Trivia: When Ella is abducted by the alien speeders, while the group flees from Jake's old gang; it really is Olivia Wilde being pulled 40ft+ into the air while riding full tilt on horseback, not her stunt double.
Trivia: This is Harrison Ford's first Western film since The Frisco Kid in 1979.
Trivia: When the sheriff tears Daniel Craig's wanted poster off the wall in the jail, underneath there's a wanted poster with a photo of a mustached Jon Favreau (the Director).
Trivia: Robert Downey Jr was initially set to star in this film but had to drop out when Warner Bros fast tracked Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Answer: Don't recall seeing Liev, as for your second question, maybe Hunt figured it was nothing Jake didn't already know, or at least conclude.