 In the attempted rape scene, writer Edward Neumeier (qv)  originally had RoboCop shoot past the victims cheek, hitting and  killing the rapist. While getting ready to shoot the scene as  scripted, Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) notice how Donna Keegan (qv)s  (playing the rape victim) legs were spread apart, giving him the  idea to have RoboCop shoot between her legs and shoot the rapist in  the genitals. Neumeier loved the idea and that has how the scene was  shot.