 Although Tim Robbins had not appeared in many films, Huyck and Katz were confident that he was right for the part.Robbins said in a later interview that he doesn't look back negatively at the film as he "got this big job that was paying a really decent salary and it was for George Lucas...so it was a huge deal at the time.And then it wound up going over its shooting schedule, and I ended up getting paid twice for that movie because of all the overtime."