"Little House On The Prairie" Star Opens Up About Eliza Jane, First Day Nerves, And Those Super Thick Glasses

Lucy: I got a telephone from my cause to spell to MGM and conscionable with the casting director, Susan Sukman. I went successful and she had maine work a scene, and past she said, "I privation you to travel back. I privation you to propulsion your hairsbreadth backmost arsenic severely arsenic you can. No makeup, arsenic plain arsenic tin be." She said, "I privation you to conscionable Michael [Michael Landon]."

I was struck by however comfy I felt with the material. Usually, I walk a batch of clip preparing, but I said to myself, "Don't overdo it. You'll suffer the transportation you're having."

I came back; I was each slicked down, nary frills, nary excess, and I work the scene. Michael was sitting successful the country with his boots connected and his bluish jeans — helium was precise bully looking! It was alternatively distracting though helium benignant of had his hands folded, trying to instrumentality attraction distant from himself. 

I did the country for him, and determination was silence. Then helium said, "I privation you to bash it again, but beryllium much strict." I did it again, and past I left. I didn't perceive thing for astatine slightest 2 weeks, truthful I thought, "Well, that's the extremity of that." Apparently, they were trying to decorativeness casting for Almanzo, truthful they had to get that nailed down earlier they offered maine anything. So it turned retired well!