 Stephanie Zimbalist (qv) was originally cast as Lewis, but had to  give up the part when she was called back to film more episodes of  _"Remington Steele" (1982)_ (qv). Nancy Allen (I) (qv) was then  cast and Paul Verhoeven (I) (qv) had her cut her hair shorter and  shorter several times until it was short enough, as Verhoeven wanted  to desexualize the character.