Fact Attack!

Frank Langella decided to take the role of Skeletor in order to impress his fouryear-old son, who was very much a fan at the time.

Robert Duncan McNeill (Kevin) later went on to explore other alien worlds by playing Tom Paris in Star Trek: Voyager.

An eight-year-old competition winner was given the role of Pigboy, who hands Skeletor his staff when he returns from Earth.

The sequel was so far into production before being axed that producers used the sets and costumes to make JeanClaude Van Damme’s Cyborg.