That’s A No From Me
Apparently the movie star Gene Hackman almost landed the lead role of Mike. The producers unfortunately felt like he wasn’t established enough and thus turned to Robert Reed – who was more famous at the time.
Susan Olsen had a real lisp.
Susan Olsen won over a ton of fans thanks to her lisp as the character Cindy. Realists, never fear! Olsen’s lisp was as real as it sounded despite regularly working with a speech therapist up into her 20s.