The Exorcist (film) shot that obscured his face, as Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role in the Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Vandis had previously played Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. Warners had approached Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Nichols, to direct, all of whom turned the project down. Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film,
Lynn Redgrave a television production of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" again with her sister. Highlights of her early film career also include "The National Health", "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", "The Happy Hooker" and "Getting It Right". In the United States, she was seen on such television series as "Teachers Only", "House Calls", "Centennial" and "Chicken Soup". She also starred in BBC productions such as "The Faint-Hearted Feminist", "A Woman Alone", "Death of a Son", "Calling the Shots," and "Fighting Back". She played Broadway again in "Moon Over Buffalo" (1996) with co-star Robert