<Li> Samuel Ross Williams as Arak </Li> <Li> Timothy Daniel Furst as Sarak </Li> <P> With a $21 million budget, principal photography began April 22, 1985 with filming wrapped on July 25, 1985 . Location shooting took place at Villefranche - sur - Mer and the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France and Meknes, Morocco, among other locations, including Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah . </P> <P> At the time, both Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas only made the sequel because they were contractually obligated to do so, although Douglas was much more invested in the film as its producer . At one point during pre-production, Turner who had negotiated script approval, tried to back out of the project, until 20th Century Fox threatened her with a $25 million lawsuit . Douglas intervened on her behalf and ensured that a rewrite was made . Turner, Douglas and DeVito would later reunite in the unrelated film The War of the Roses . </P>

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