Bitter rivalry

It wasn’t just the heat the cast and crew had to contend with, as there was a fiercely bitter rivalry that engulfed the movie’s production.

Rob Bottin - the special effects makeup artist behind the monster in ‘The Thing’ - was brought on the Paul’s film, but the two just couldn’t see eye-to-eye.

The director would seemingly-forever be asking of more from the makeup artist, and the pair would frequently be engaged in heated arguments.

At one point, Rob even thought Paul they would come to blows.

He recounted: “When Verhoeven came on the project, he requested numerous design changes, additions to the suit which looked more like [a] machine than man-like. I’ve never done so many conceptual drawings for a director in my entire life - changing it, and changing it, and changing it!”

Eventually, the two were able to put their differences aside, and completed work on the film without giving each other a black eye.

‘RoboCop’ can’t have been that much of a painful experience for either of them, as the pair would work together soon after on ‘Total Recall’.