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Gallardo had spoken with rape victim Inez Garcia prior to playing her in the television movie and drew on that material while shooting her infamous violation scene in Death Wish II, which took six grueling days to get on camera. The thugs were played by young actors Thomas Duffy, Kevyn Major Howard, Stuart K. Robinson, Laurence Fishburne, and E. Lamont Johnson. Winner, who prefers actual locations, filmed the scene in an occupied neighborhood. “You could hear [my] screaming and I thought, ‘Oh, the poor neighbors,’ Gallardo says. “It was very difficult. [Winner] had to shoot like five different versions of it. It was pretty intense. [It was] mostly improvised. I had to get pushed and so forth. You’re very vulnerable. I had a few black and blues. I was tired. I had never done anything like that. [The other actors] were very careful to cover me up immediately after [a take]. I hated the still photographer. He kept taking pictures even after they had called, ‘Cut.’ I didn’t like that. It was an experience to last a lifetime. It was good for me to do. I had to let go of a lot of fears. It was hard for the [actors], too. I think one of them really got sick on the set. He threw up, or was going to, because it was so violent. [Laurence Fishburne] said it was the most horrible, awful scene he had to do.”

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Very violent rape scene for a mainstream movie.