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Verhoeven signing in autumn 1988; 500 crew, 45 sets and eight Mexico City sound stages; Rambo III as the costliest film; Stone's Playboy shoot; the VHS-cover setting date; the four-breasted mutant draft

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  • The research segment was flagged early as the place to cover how the script kept falling through.
  • The hosts say Verhoeven signed in autumn 1988, and 500 people built 45 sets on eight sound stages in Mexico City over six months.
  • Correction: the most expensive film before this was Rambo 3, not Rambo 2.
  • Sharon Stone posed nude for Playboy to coincide with the release, which the hosts recall was a common move then.
  • The VHS cover gives the film's year, which the hosts say Verhoeven confirmed, though it is not stated in the movie.
  • A favorite find: the three-breasted mutant Mary was originally meant to have four breasts, but producers thought it looked like a cow, leading to jokes about studio notes in Verhoeven's office.