 Mike Nichols (I) (qv) initially wanted French actress  Jeanne Moreau (qv) to play Mrs. Robinson. The idea behind this was  that in the French culture, the "older" women tended to "train" the  younger men in sexual matters. The producers for the movie,  Joseph E. Levine (qv) and Lawrence Turman (qv), were completely  opposed to the idea. Mike Nichols (I) (qv) was even more set on  having Simon and Garfunkel do the integrated soundtrack for the  film. Nichols agreed to switch actresses for Mrs. Robinson as long  as he could still use Paul Simon (I) (qv) and  Art Garfunkel (qv).