4. Allen’s Residence Enchancment spouse Patricia Richardson and All people Loves Raymond star Patricia Heaton had been thought-about for the function of Laura, however Wendy Crewson finally landed the function of Scott’s ex-wife.
4. Decide Reinhold nabbed the a part of Laura’s partner (and Scott’s nemesis) Neal Miller, although Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, and Bradley Whitford had been thought-about. He would go on to seem in all three movies.
6. The toughest function to solid was Charlie, Scott’s son, as they had been on the lookout for a toddler actor between the ages of 6 and 9, “who had sensitivity” casting director Renee Rousselot shared and was “able to really access those emotions, but have a real innocence about him.” The manufacturing crew launched open auditions in 13 completely different cities earlier than discovering Eric Lloyd.
7. Throughout filming of the unique film, Lloyd needed to put on dentures after knocking out his entrance tooth when he went to a baseball sport along with his household. Oh, and that poster picture of Scott and Charlie? It wasn’t truly Lloyd’s physique, with the actor revealing on Reddit in 2014, “It’s some other kid standing behind a cutout of Tim Allen. And they just put my face on it. So they didn’t have to pay me for another day.”
