What caused the iron soldier's idea?

The original idea of this film originated from a joke. Since the release of Rocky 4 directed and performed by Stallone, Hollywood has begun to spread jokes that Rocky has no rivals on earth, and he is bound to challenge aliens in the next episode. This joke inspired screenwriters Jim Thomas and john thomas, and this script came from it.

1985, 20th Century Fox Company bought the script The Iron Warrior written by Thomas Brothers. Because Joe Silver's "Alone Dragon Pool" has become a popular action movie, Fox Company, which intends to create a sci-fi blockbuster, decided to appoint him to prepare this movie. Lawrence gordon and john mctiernan were invited as producers and directors respectively. shane black, the screenwriter of Deadly Weapon, not only played a supporting role in the film, but also shouldered the heavy responsibility of supervising the new director McTiernan.

As the shooting date was delayed for several months, Seval had enough time to perfect the script. The film started shooting in mid-April, 1986. The filming process of this film is particularly difficult. Schwarzenegger had to be covered in mud for three weeks in order to complete the climax of the Dutch-alien duel. At that time, the temperature in the Mexican jungle was extremely low, and the crew used heating lamps to keep warm all day. Kevin peter hall in an alien costume is even worse. When filming aliens after Dutch, Hall had to walk in the stinking sewage and leeches everywhere, but once he put on a mask, he couldn't see the outside world, so he had to rehearse without a mask first, and then complete the performance by memory.