There were claims that other child actresses were offered the role of Regan, but turned it down. Dana Plato publicly said her mother refused to let her be in such a controversial film, but at at the time of filming, she would've only been 8 years old. The studio had been looking for someone who was 12 years old at the time or a teenager who looked that age. Curiously, Dana would later appear in Exorcist II - The Heretic, but in a small uncredited part. There was also a claim by someone on a daytime talk show that Anissa Jones from the 1960s TV series, Family Affair, turned down the role too. Jones actually auditioned, but didn't get the part due to her famous role as Buffy. With only modeling jobs to her credit, the unknown Linda Blair ultimately got to be Regan and it was during a time when the studio was worried a young actress wouldn't be able to handle such a difficult and controversial role.

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