 Robert Altman (I) (qv) says that during filming,  Elliott Gould (qv) and Donald Sutherland (I) (qv) together went  to the studio and complained that Altman was filming too much of the  secondary characters. They requested that he be removed from the  film, but the studio refused. After the film was completed and  received its accolades, only Gould confessed the matter to Altman.  As a result, he received parts in other Altman pictures, whereas the  director never again used Sutherland.