 Rich Little (I) (qv) was cast by director Orson Welles (qv) as  the character Otterlake in the film. Welles praised Littles acting,  saying that impressionists seemed to make good actors. Little,  however, had to drop out of the movie since Welles improvisational  style of filming, as well as layoffs caused by budgetary  constraints, meant that the shooting schedule was not only  unpredictable but practically interminable. When Little was  unavailable for filming due to his honoring prior commitments,  Welles replaced him with director Peter Bogdanovich (qv), in whose  house Welles was then living. The film was never completed during  Welles lifetime.