First career nude scenes for Olivia D'Abo, who was 14 at the time. She said in a 1986 interview that she matured physically at age 13, a year before making this movie. In fact, she said director John Derek thought she had breast implants until she took her clothes off on set the first time and he saw that her breasts were natural.
First role for Olivia d'Abo. She got the role by accident when someone on the production crew spotted her in a bikini on a beach when she was 13 and invited her to meet director John Derek. Derek hired her after confirming she'd have no issue with performing fully nude. She turned 14 before filming began.
This film was the final nail in the coffin of The Cannon Group, Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer deal that saw MGM distribute all of Cannon's films in the U.S.
Rather than allow the film to be released with an X-rating, John Derek chose to release the film unrated instead. According to Wikipedia, "Ekstase (1984) was released with no MPAA rating. Its nudity and sexual content disqualified it from an R rating. At the time of release, the NC-17 rating had not yet been established and the only higher rating being X, John Derek decided to release the film unrated." In December 1984, the film was rated "R" uncut.
For the horseback bullfighting scenes, the stars were doubled by brothers Ángel Peralta (Derek) and Rafael Peralta (Occhipinti).