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A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart.
Production
Go behind the scenes on the 1986 Action / Adventure movie starring Madonna, Sean Penn, Paul Freeman, Sonserai Lee
Clyde Kusatsu, Richard Griffiths, Kay Tong Lim, Victor Wong, Philip Sayer Update Cast
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The filming of Shanghai Surprise turned out to be a tough task. The film crew spoke nothing but Chinese, there were rats under the actors trailers and several persons in the team fell ill from food poisoning.Rewind Archive
When making Shanghai Surprise, the filmmakers envisoned a romance similar to the one that developed between Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn in "The African Queen".Rewind Archive
The off camera action attracted more attention then the movie itself, as Sean engaged in his usual tussels with the press. George Harrison flew to Macao to try to make peace between the Penn's and assorted journalists and as a result filming was transfered to London.Rewind Archive
George Harrison did his best to shield the young couple, prompting Madonna to remark, "He's great, very understanding and sympathetic. He's given me more advice on how to deal with the press, though, than how to make movies."Rewind Archive
After the movie was completed, however, Harrison's sympathy evaporated with a few harsh words about the pair, he was quoted as saying "Penn is a pain in the a**". Of Madonna, he said, "She has to realize that you can be a fabulous person and be humble as well."Next Section: Deleted Scenes
Deleted Scenes
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