Originally Posted by Revis_Island
I didn’t even know she was in the running. James Caan said that FFC was going through a lot of problems in his personal life when he made the movie so that may have played a role too


Yeah, she was actually hired but had some medical problems and had to drop out.

They needed to fill the role on extremely short notice, so they ended up with the director's daughter instead of an actual actress.


"A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridiculous!"