History Trivia / CatChaser

* OldShame:
** Kelly [=McGillis=] had a miserable experience making the film, that she stopped acting for two years.
** Even if they didn't similarly drop out afterwards, Ferrara and Weller are also very unhappy with the released version, particularly the voiceover, which was added with another actor after Weller refused to do it.

** Kelly [=McGillis=] had a miserable experience making the film, that she stopped acting for three years.

* CreatorBacklash: Almost no one involved with the film stands by the released version, with studio-ordered voiceover narration added that another actor was hired to do after Creator/PeterWeller, worn out by a difficult shoot which saw him, Creator/AbelFerrara and Kelly [=McGillis=] often strongly at odds with each other, to the point that [=McGillis=] walked off set during a love scene with him. [=McGillis=], for her part, was so disgusted with the experience she shaved her head immediately afterwards and took three years off from acting.

** [=McGillis=] feuded with Weller regularly throughout filming, although he says he never knew why; their disagreement is said to have been triggered when she walked out while filming a sex scene. For her part, [=McGillis=] said years later [[http://regrettablesincerity.com/?p=5759 in a podcast interview]] that she was starting to feel really uncomfortable about filming the sex scene in the nude after witnessing some male crew members ogling a professional stripper hired as her body double. As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, [=McGillis=] had the right to withdraw from filming a nude scene, but the producers forced her to go through with it. Essentially, [=McGillis=] was sexually harassed. Immediately after her "finished in the picture" moment, [=McGillis=] had Ferrara confirm that he was done with her, went back to her dressing room and shaved her head, telling her reflection, "Fuck you. I never want to act again." She kept her promise for at least three years and never returned to the A-list she had been on. She went on to say, "I really never wanted to act again after that. I thought, 'If this is what making movies is like, I don't ever wanna do this again'."

** [=McGillis=] feuded with Weller regularly throughout filming, although he says he never knew why; their disagreement is said to have been triggered when she walked out while filming a sex scene. Immediately after her "finished in the picture" moment, [=McGillis=] had Ferrara confirm that he was done with her, went back to her dressing room and shaved her head, telling her reflection, "Fuck you. I never want to act again." She kept her promise for at least three years and never returned to the A-list she had been on.
** For her part, [=McGillis=] said years later [[http://regrettablesincerity.com/?p=5759 in a podcast interview]] that she was starting to feel really uncomfortable about filming the sex scene in the nude after witnessing some male crew members ogling a professional stripper hired as her body double. As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, [=McGillis=] had the right to withdraw from filming a nude scene, but the producers forced her to go through with it. Essentially, [=McGillis=] was sexually harassed, and went on to say, "I really never wanted to act again after that. I thought, 'If this is what making movies is like, I don’t ever wanna do this again'."

* OldShame: Kelly [=McGillis=] had a miserable experience making the film, that she stopped acting for three years.

* StarDerailingRole: The film stopped the momentum Kelly [=McGillis=] was gaining, reducing her to TV-movies and independent flicks afterwards.

* CreatorBacklash: Abel Ferrara and the cast do not believe the released version is the best cut of the film, not least because of the added narration.

** After principal photography was finished, the [[ExecutiveMeddling studio demanded]] that Weller do a voiceover narration. He absolutely refused, so another actor was hired for it. The cast and crew believe this ruined the movie.

** For her part, [=McGillis=] said years later [[http://regrettablesincerity.com/?p=5759 in a podcast interview]] that she was starting to feel really uncomfortable about filming the sex scene after witnessing some male crew members ogling a professional stripper hired as her body double. As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, [=McGillis=] had the right to withdraw from filming a nude scene, but the producers forced her to go through with it. Essentially, [=McGillis=] was sexually harassed, and went on to say, "I really never wanted to act again after that. I thought, 'If this is what making movies is like, I don’t ever wanna do this again'."

* ExecutiveMeddling: The studio ordered the narration added after shooting; Weller refused to do it so another actor was hired.

* TroubledProduction: [=McGillis=] feuded with Weller regularly throughout filming, although he says he never knew why; their disagreement is said to have been triggered when she walked out while filming a sex scene. Immediately after her "finished in the picture" moment, [=McGillis=] had Ferrara confirm that he was done with her, went back to her dressing room and shaved her head, telling her reflection, "Fuck you. I never want to act again." She kept her promise for at least three years and never returned to the A-list she had been on.
** After principal photography was finished, the studio demanded that Weller do a voiceover narration. He absolutely refused, so another actor was hired for it. The cast and crew believe this ruined the movie.

* TroubledProduction: McGillis feuded with Weller regularly throughout filming, although he says he never knew why; their disagreement is said to have been triggered when she walked out while filming a sex scene. Immediately after her "finished in the picture" moment, McGillis had Ferrara confirm that he was done with her, went back to her dressing room and shaved her head, telling her reflection, "Fuck you. I never want to act again." She kept her promise for at least three years and never returned to the A-list she had been on.

* StarDerailingRole: The film stopped the momentum Kelly [=McGillis=] was gaining, reducing her to TV-movies and independent flicks afterwards.