The scene where Christopher George smashes open the coffin with a pickaxe was shot in New York, but the interior of the coffin was shot in Rome. Catriona MacColl says she would blink every time the pickaxe entered the coffin. "It was just a nervous reaction. And Lucio was getting crosser and crosser. He pulled me out of the coffin and shouted: 'I’ll show you how easy it is!' So he climbed into the coffin and did the same shot without blinking. 'If I can do it, you can do it', he said."