Cheryl Ladd almost didn't join Charlie's Angels, admitting that she wasn't sure how fans would react to her replacing the iconic Farah Fawcett after the first season.
In an interview with Woman's World, published on March 5, the actress said she had mixed feelings about joining the series at first and initially told executive producer Aaron Spelling, "No, thank you."
"He called me and said, ‘Cheryl, I want you to replace Farrah. I want you to come in and be on the show,” she shared, adding, “And I said, ‘Oh, thank you, but no thank you. I appreciate it, but no.’ I’m sure he was quite upset with me, because he had given me work before and just didn’t understand."
Ladd said that Spelling "went off and looked at hundreds of girls" to replace Fawcett, but had no luck. He called Ladd back and said, "‘I can’t find the girl I want. I want you, Cheryl. Just come in and talk to me?’ So I did.”
However, Ladd detailed her reasoning behind her hesitations, having told Spelling, "I sat across the desk from him in his office and I said, ‘Aaron, what would I play? Nobody can go in there and try to be Farrah Fawcett or try to be the new Farrah Fawcett. What would I play?’”
LOS ANGELES - 1978 actresses Chery Ladd, Jaclyn Smith, Kate Jackson pose for a portrait in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)Getty Images
She continued, “He said, ‘What do you mean?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know. Could I be funny?’ And he said, ‘Why couldn’t you be funny?’ That was interesting. Then I said, ‘If I was a rookie, I could make mistakes.’ And he said, ‘I love that.’"
Spelling then suggested that Ladd portray Fawcett's character, Jill Munroe's little sister, Kristine "Kris" Munroe. Ladd loved the idea, which helped her to fully embrace the role and make the character her own.
"And this is Aaron’s absolute genius; he said, ‘What if you’re Jill’s little sister, so you’re already part of the family?’ And then I said, ‘You have an actress.’ Now I knew who Kris Munroe was going to be and how to play something that wasn’t trying to be Farrah, other than the fact that Kris looked up to her big sister and thought she was wonderful and I got to love her with everyone else," she shared.
Ladd's role would become one of the defining moments of her career. She remained on the series through its fifth and final season, which concluded in 1981.
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