To appear as Lady de Winter, Lana Turner had to relinquish her role in an unfinished project called "Bedeviled". In January 1948, news items reported Turner withdrew from "The Three Musketeers". Initially, she had permission to withdraw from Louis B. Mayer, because she had been very busy shooting the films "Green Dolphin Street" (1947), "Cass Timberlane" (1947), and "Homecoming" (1948). However, she was later put on suspension and Alida Valli was considered as her replacement. Eventually, she agreed to make the film, and it sparked her first film in color. Sidney admitted Turner did not "want to do it at all. She got into it and she enjoyed it. She was just wonderful in the part. People thought making "The Three Musketeers" was ridiculous but it worked."