 3 of the actresses concerned with this movie would turn down roles  in _Graduate, The (1967)_ (qv) later the same year.  Candice Bergen (qv) (the first choice for Anne Welles) turned down  the role of Elaine Robinson, as did Patty Duke (qv) (who played  Neely OHara), and Susan Hayward (I) (qv) (Helen Lawson) was the  original choice for Mrs Robinson. However both films featured cameo  appearances by a young Richard Dreyfuss (qv).