Peter Michael Goetz's check for post-release royalties came to 3 cents. He has it stapled to the film's poster in his house, having never cashed it.
In his book "The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles," writer Steven Pressfield mentions this movie as a life-changing, validating failure. It was his first professional writing job after 17 years of trying. After the movie bombed, he realized he'd become a professional. He hadn't yet had a success, but he'd had "a real failure." Despite this setback, Pressfield would bounce back by writing the screenplay for Above the Law (1988) and the novel that would become adapted into The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Linda Hamilton accepted her role in the film because she saw how the previous film had skyrocketed the career of Jessica Lange. During filming she had no idea what the end product would look like because she was acting against blue screens or giant ape hands. She was absolutely horrified when she saw the final product, which was universally blasted by reviewers and audiences alike.
John Guillermin was grief-stricken during production, due to the death of his son Michael during the making of his previous film, Sheena (1984). He would frequently disappear halfway through a day's filming to go sailing instead. After one argument with the production staff (Guillermin had a notorious reputation for being very argumentative), he disappeared for days. Filming was eventually completed by Charles McCracken, an uncredited 21-year-old documentary filmmaker.
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