

Kerman would later complain of Deodato being unfair to the natives, and refusing to compensate them for their time on the film. Robert Kerman and director Ruggero Deodato would get into long, extended fights that brought filming to a halt, and many of the cast members reported being underpaid, with principal actor Carl Gabriel Yorke threatening to walk out on the project unless he and everyone else were paid fairly. Tensions were extremely high on set throughout filming. Things behind the scenes were a complete mess.


