 Originally, all surviving cast members of the TV show were meant to  have cameo appearances. Mark Goddard (I) (qv), the original Major  Don West, plays the General. June Lockhart (qv), the original  Maureen Robinson, plays Will Robinsons principal.  Marta Kristen (qv) and Angela Cartwright (qv), the original  Robinson girls, play reporters. Ironically, Bill Mumy (qv) and  Jonathan Harris (I) (qv), the two actors most supportive of the  idea of a new movie (as well as the two most popular characters on  the show), did not appear in it. Mumy *wanted* to play the older  Will Robinson but the director thought it would be too distracting  from the plot to have the original Will play the older Will. Harris  was to have played the man who hired, then betrayed, Dr. Smith. In  an interview for "TV Guide" prior to the films release, it was  mentioned that Jonathan Harris bluntly stated, "I will have you know  I have never done a walk