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Director's cut differences; no body doubles; script rewrites; unrehearsed Douglas-Tripplehorn scene; Eszterhas's real-life inspirations; ten-day script
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- Director's cuts generally seem a rip-off, adding a few seconds of shots rather than crazy material.
- The director's cut differs in three scenes: a more violent opening murder, a longer Nick-Beth rape scene, and different angles in the main sex scene including the oral sex.
- The main sex scene was reportedly filmed for five days of 10-hour shoots because Douglas feared edits; Verhoeven choreographed every movement with storyboards.
- Per the research, no body doubles were used in any of the sex scenes.
- Per the research, Verhoeven had a lesbian sex scene rewritten after the screenwriter called it exploitative; four rewrites followed before he was brought back.
- The Douglas-Tripplehorn sex scene was reportedly filmed while the performers thought they were rehearsing and kept in the final cut; the far-back camera is noted.
- The screenwriter said he based Catherine on a go-go dancer in Ohio who pulled a .22 on him in a hotel room.
- The screenwriter wrote in his book Hollywood Animal that he had a one-nighter with Sharon Stone after release; the recounting is called ungentlemanly.
- He also said Nick was based on a cop he knew from his newspaper days.
- The script was apparently written in 10 days with no outline.