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Interesting Robin Sherwood story


Sherwood’s first role was in a film called The Love Butcher in 1975. She said in an interview years later that she was hesitant about taking the role when they offered it because she'd have to be fully nude during a scene where she's assaulted.

But producers told her that though she would be nude during filming, they wouldn't show her body onscreen. They lied.

Weeks later, when she saw the final film, she was furious because her breasts and butt were visible on screen throughout.

She was afraid it would damage her career, but thankfully the film wasn't released because it was so bad they couldn't get any distribution.

But, when Death Wish II was a big hit seven years later, producers released The Love Butcher to cash in on Sherwood's name. Ironically, Sherwood also has an extensive nude assault scene in Death Wish II she didn’t want to do.

At that point she didn't care about Love Butcher being released because she had decided to give up acting.

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The Love Butcher was released long before DW2, it played as early as 1976.

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Not according to her in that interview. It may have had a very limited release in 1975 in a few theaters but not a wide one until 1982.

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It may not have appeared on her radar, but it played dates at Pennsylvania in 1979, South Carolina in 1977 and Florida in 1976.

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