The gator is fighting a real live alligator.
In the scene where Joffrey is interviewed by Eddie on the park bench, two girls "flashed' the camera. Members of the Dallas City Council witnessed the act, which was improvised, and forced producer Joey Stewart to make a public apology to the mayor.
Gary Coleman's assault on basketball player Scottie Pippen was allegedly not staged. So much so, that Pippen threatened to take legal action for being duped by the producers and for the injuries he received.
Shortly after seeing the first rushes, Gary Coleman had a seizure and was rushed to hospital. While he recovered from this, he died shortly after and before he could take any legal action against the producers for the full frontal nude shot that he didn't agree to be used in the film.