The controversial rape scene was added at the last minute, after shooting was nearly complete. Veronica Carlson talked about it in a 2011 interview. She said originally the plan was to have Peter Cushing strip off her blouse exposing her breasts, but Cushing refused. "We were all disgusted with it. (Hammer studio head) Jimmy Carreras came onto the set one day obviously upset because he'd had word from the higher-ups, the distributors, that there wasn't enough sex in the movie; there had to be a rape scene. Terry thought he was quite cross--I remember that--and I thought that was out of character for Jimmy, because he was a lovely, all-fatherly figure. Peter Cushing told me 'Darling, I don't like this any more than you do.' So we worked out how to do it, between us. They wanted him to strip me, to take hold of my neckline and tear it down to my waist, you see. Peter said, 'I'm not going to do this.' That's why we worked it out between ourselves. We assured Terry (Fisher) that we knew what we were doing. He let us do what we were comfortable with. After we shot the scene, Peter just held me. I was trembling and HE was trembling. We were both so upset. We just stayed there, very, very still until we composed ourselves and then we got up and walked out. It was the only time that I felt such a somber atmosphere on a Hammer film. It was terrible to remember, actually."