old Christian Slater had been cast as Adso of Melk, he was  asked to read with three actresses auditioning for the role of "The  Girl." He read first with Valentina Vargas and was scheduled to read  with the other two actresses the next day, but that evening, he sent  his mother (casting agent Mary Jo Slater) to tell Annaud that young  Christian was so smitten with the 22