Trivia for
Pretty Baby (1978) More at IMDbPro »

• Susan Sarandon provided a g-string for Brooke Shields so she would not have to be totally nude.
  
  
• Dana Plato later claimed that she had been offered the lead role but her mother Kay had turned it down.
  
  
• Tatum O'Neal was offered the role of Violet, but her father Ryan O'Neal made her turn it down.
  
  
• Jodie Foster was initially considered for the role of Violet, but declined due to her commitment with Walt Disney Pictures, because she was starring in Candleshoe (1977). When interviewed with Rolling Stone magazine in 1991, Jodie said that she disliked to play that role, because she didn't want to be typecast as the underage prostitute she played in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
  
  
• Linda Blair auditioned for the role of "Violet", but turned it down.
  
  
• Future stars Diane Lane, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Tilly, Ally Sheedy, Madonna, Kathleen Turner, Ellen Barkin and Geena Davis auditioned for the role of Violet.
  
  
• Melanie Griffith auditioned for the role of "Violet", but turned it down.
  
  
• Glenn Close auditioned for the role of Hattie, but turned it down.
  
  
• Farrah Fawcett auditioned for the role of Hattie, but turned it down.
  
  
• Kristy McNichol reportedly turned down the role of Violet, due to conflicts with "Family" (1976) producer Aaron Spelling.
  
  
• Debra Winger auditioned for the role of Violet, but seemed too old for the part, because the character was 12 years old and she was 21 years old when she did an audition for the part.
  
  
• Jennifer Jason Leigh did an audition for the role of Violet.
  
  
• Robert Redford was originally cast as Bellocq, but turned it down.
  
  
• Jack Nicholson was the second choice to play Bellocq.
  
  
• Albert Brooks, James Caan, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman Malcolm McDowell, Al Pacino, Burt Reynolds and Christopher Walken were all considered for the role of Bellocq.
  
  
• Joe Pesci turned down the role of Bellocq.
  
  
• Rob Reiner auditioned for the role of Bellocq.
  
  
• Sylvester Stallone was offered the role of Bellocq, but turned it down in order to prepare for his role in F.I.S.T (1978).
  
  
• Goldie Hawn turned down the role of Hattie in order to play a part in Foul Play (1978).
  
  
• Christopher Reeve turned down the role of Bellocq, in order to prepare for his role in Superman (1978).
  
  
• Candice Bergen, Cher, Mia Farrow, Anjelica Huston, Diane Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Cybill Shepherd, Sissy Spacek, Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver were all considered for the role of Hattie.
  
  
• Anissa Jones was offered the role of Violet, but she died before auditions began.
  
  
• Isabelle Adjani, Melissa Sue Anderson, Rosanna Arquette, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bo Derek, Laura Dern, Carrie Fisher, Bridget Fonda, Mariel Hemingway, Helen Hunt, Amy Irving, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Mary Steenburgen and Charlene Tilton were all considered for the role of Violet.
  
  
• John Travolta was offered the role of Bellocq, but was forced to turn down the role due to his commitment with Grease (1978).
  
  
• With this controversial movie, Louis Malle debuted in American cinema, but it's just another feature of his own work.
  
  
• The title is inspired by the Tony Jackson song, which is used in the soundtrack.
  
  
• Regarding Brooke Shields, it was at the same time her discovery and also her launch to stardom.
  
  

Related Links