 The scene in the alley where the Kurgan (Clancy Brown (qv))  beheads Kastagir (Hugh Quarshie (qv)) and then stabs the Vietnam  vet, followed by the explosion, was filmed in an alley in England  even though it was set in New York. The director was reluctant to  set off the explosion in the alley because the windows were full of  Victorian glass, but he was given permission to do so because that  particular site was going to be destroyed in a few months anyway.