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To achieve the slightly skewed color scheme of the movie, the actors were made up in white face and the color palette corrected until they were flesh-toned.
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The Octopus are conjoined twins joined at the leg, but the actresses who played them are not. A prosthetic third leg was designed and fitted to the actresses, but they could not walk while wearing it. This is why the Octopus sisters do not walk in any shot of their whole body.
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During filming, Ron Perlman was bitten by the dog with the pulley and Judith Vittet was bitten by the mouse with the magnet.
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Ron Perlman doesn't speak French and was the only American on set. But he learned all of his lines, and delivered them without error.
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Translated into a Computer Video Game by Psygnosis, with co-director Marc Caro overseeing the production and art design.
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Although it appears to be a Chinese tattoo studio, the tattoo artist and his wife argue in Vietnamese.
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While he did deliver his lines flawlessly, Ron Perlman mentioned in the DVD commentary and in interviews that he is speaking French badly.
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In the DVD commentary, Ron Perlman said out of everything he'd done in his acting career, the scene where his character attacks Miette under the influence of the Octopus sisters was what he hated most.
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