Through the wonders of cable television, the film found its audience and it's hard to imagine the film's characters being played by anyone else. Colleen Camp's role as the jiggly French maid Yvette, however almost went to Madonna.
Even harder to believe, however, is that the lovely Lesley Ann Warren was not the original Miss Scarlet.
The actress originally chosen to play Miss Scarlet was Carrie Fisher, who was set to play the vixenish villainess right up until two weeks before principal shooting was to begin.
Unfortunately for Ms. Fisher, she got really bad "hay fever" and had to whisk herself to rehab to "recover" from it. Producers had to scramble to find a new Miss Scarlet and they found a perfect one in Lesley Ann Warren who agreed to fill in at the last minute.
