The future NewsRadio and ER star was fired on the second day of rehearsal for a season three episode. "When the season was over, he'd cry," Kerns recalled to People. Jeremy Miller was only eight years old when Growing Pains began filming, and hated leaving his TV family when the first few seasons wrapped. They also both appeared in the 1982 made-for-TV movie, Beyond Witch Mountain. The two played brother and sister in a McDonald’s commercial. CAMERON AND GOLD HAD PLAYED SIBLINGS BEFORE. Once Cameron was out of earshot one producer turned to the other and said, “He’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he sounds like Mike.” 6. Once his audition was over, the 14-year-old actor asked the producers in the room if the show was a comedy. KIRK CAMERON GOT THE ROLE OF MIKE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T SEEM VERY SMART. Gold wasn't optimistic about her chances, since the producers had rejected her the first time around. Gold’s family ended their vacation early in order to get Tracey back to audition once the show decided to go in a different direction with casting the Seavers' eldest daughter. TRACEY GOLD WASN’T THE ORIGINAL CAROL.Įlizabeth Ward played Carol in Growing Pains's unaired original pilot. Kerns made a call to Marlens on her boyfriend’s behalf and got him the audition his agent couldn’t secure. DAN LAURIA WAS CAST IN THE WONDER YEARS BECAUSE OF GROWING PAINS.ĭan Lauria was dating Joanna Kerns when Neal Marlens, the creator of Growing Pains and the co-creator of The Wonder Years, was casting for the latter series. Thicke said the two flirted and considered dating, before realizing how potentially bad their working relationship could become if their romance fizzled. Thicke and Joanna Kerns were both either recently divorced or about to divorce from their significant others when they began playing Jason and Maggie Seaver. THE SEAVER PARENTS WERE RECENTLY DIVORCED WHEN THE SHOW STARTED. Thicke beat out 150 other actors for the role. The network suggested trying out for the male lead of Growing Pains. Thicke had concluded his run hosting Thicke of the Night and was pitching a new show at ABC. ALAN THICKE WAS KNOWN AS A FAILED LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO AUDITION. On the occasion of the series's 30th anniversary, here are some facts about Growing Pains, the ABC sitcom that was smart enough to give Leonardo DiCaprio a home before it, too, was kicked to the curb. One thing many of today's young adults have in common is the shared childhood memory of watching the Seaver family grow-in some cases by a few years over one summer hiatus (see: Chrissy).
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