Melissa Gilbert Laura Ingalls Wilder played it Toilet on the Moor for nine seasons. As the show progressed, the series focused on Laura’s romance with Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler).
Gilbert said she had a difficult time as Butler’s love interest. Things got worse when the actors were filming close-up scenes together.
Melissa Gilbert had a problem with Dean Butler’s age
In her memory, Prairie story, Gilbert remembered being anxious about her character’s love interest. Although Laura was ready for romance, Gilbert, then 15, had little knowledge of date or love. In her book, she said she was even more intimidated by the story when she saw Butler for the first time. Gilbert described the actor as an “adult man” and said they had nothing.
“When we last met, I experienced a great storm of disappointment, fear, anger and discomfort,” Gilbert wrote. “I can imagine what my face looked like. No, I don’t want to think. It wasn’t so good. ”
according to Floss mind, Gilbert couldn’t be comfortable around Butler. She said she asked her “surrogate father,” Michael Landon, to stop the kiss scenes between her and Butler. Soon, representatives proceeded Toilet on the Moor worried about the future of the show because they don’t have chemistry. Several observers complained that Gilbert and Butler were not “unbelievable” as a couple, prompting producers to find a “spark” between them.
Although Gilbert initially said she was “scared” of Butler, the two remained friends after the House on the Prairie ended in 1984.
