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Porn star Annette Haven was originally cast for the role of "Holly", but Columbia Pictures decided to turn her down when their executives saw what kind of movies she had been making. Haven later stated that she was happy because of that, because she hadn't liked the script and hadn't liked to be in a film with gory violence.
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Brian De Palma originally planned for this to be the first Hollywood film to boast unsimulated sex scenes. The studio thought differently.
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Bret Easton Ellis' book American Psycho references this film many times, it is one of the main character, Patrick Bateman's, favorite movies.
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Tatum O'Neal, Jamie Lee Curtis and Carrie Fisher all auditioned for the role of Holly, but turned it down. Brooke Shields was offered the role, but turned it down in order to study French Literature at Princeton. Linda Hamilton turned down the role in order to prepare for her role in The Terminator.
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In the Frankie Goes To Hollywood porno film sequence, one of the S and M guys who carries Frankie's lead singer to the bar wears a very close approximation of Gene Simmons' KISS outfit from the Love Gun era.
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