Actor Mike Farrell had some worries about joining the M*A*S*H cast as B. J. Hunnicutt during the show’s fourth season, which premiered in 1975. However, a meeting with the show’s star, Alan Alda, who also served as a director and writer for M*A*S*H, helped ease his anxiety.
MeTV.com reported that Farrell recalled Alda, who famously played Hawkeye Pierce throughout the show’s 11-season run, invited him out to dinner after he was cast as B. J.
“That same afternoon I got a call from Alan Alda, asking if I could meet him for dinner that night to give us a chance to get to know each other and talk about the show, the characters, and the future,” wrote Farrell in his autobiography Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist, published in 2008. “And at some point, I stopped being nervous. ‘This is a nice man,’ I kept thinking. ‘He didn’t have to do this.'”
Farrell also noted that Alda had a genuine fondness for the fictional members of 4077th MASH.
“The guy really cared about the show and the characters. He wanted the relationships to mean something, and he wanted the show to succeed,” said Farrell, now 87.
Mike Farrell Explained Why He Was Concerned About Filming ‘M*A*S*H’
Farrell shared why he was worried about filming M*A*S*H during a 2023 interview on That’s Classic. He explained that he “admired the show” before he was brought on as his M*A*S*H character.
He also noted that B.J. was brought in to fill the role of Trapper after Wayne Rogers left following season 3. Farrell said he was concerned fans wouldn’t be happy with the change to the series and the ratings would reflect their displeasure.
“I knew from being in television for a while was that if this show crashed in its fourth season, I was going to wear it around my neck for the rest of my life,” said Farrell.
In addition, he was concerned about joining an already close-knit cast.
“I thought, ‘God, what if the crew and the company and the actors all think of me as an interloper.’ This guy who bumped out their friend,'” recalled the actor.
He clarified that “once [he] went on the set,” the entire cast and crew “welcomed [him] graciously.”
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