 Young Craig Warnock (I) (qv), who played Kevin, won the role after  a wide search for the right child actor. An agent had seen Warnocks  brother and sent him to an audition. That Craig went with him was  merely a coincidence. Director Terry Gilliam (qv), however, took  more interest in Craig than his sibling, noting that the young man  seemed rather intelligent yet aloof and quiet, as opposed to the  stereotypical "cute" little boy.