Like
Cannibal Holocaust (1980), this movie contains several actual animal killings. Though his character kills an animal in the film,
Giovanni Lombardo Radice strongly objected to the animal killings and refused to participate in them (a double had to be used). Director
Umberto Lenzi tried to convince Radice to do the killings by telling him, "De Niro [
Robert De Niro] would do it," to which Radice responded, "De Niro would kick your ass all the way back to Rome."
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