Joe Eszterhas and producer Irwin Winkler walked off the picture after failing to reach agreement with Paul Verhoeven over the script. Verhoeven promptly hired Atto di forza (1990) writer Gary Goldman to come up with some new scenes, most of which beefed up Michael Douglas's character, and made him less wimpy. These changes were largely made at the behest of Douglas. It was during this later stage that Verhoeven realized his changes weren't going to work, so he publicly acknowledged his error and made up with Eszterhas (which Eszterhas admitted to be a rare thing in Hollywood). Problems reoccurred later when the script had been leaked, and the gay and lesbian communities had serious reservations about the depiction of lesbian and bisexual characters. Eszterhas wanted to make more changes to appease them, but Verhoeven point blank refused to incorporate these changes. Eszterhas again publicly distanced himself from the production, but once again reconciled with Verhoeven when the finished movie was praised by critics and homosexual communities alike. Alan Marshall came on board as producer following Winkler's departure from the project.

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