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Jodie Sweetin Says Early ‘Full House’ Shoots Favored Ashley Olsen as Mary-Kate Avoided the Set

The co-stars say twin casting was a practical response to strict child-labor limits.

Overview

  • On their How Rude, Tanneritos! podcast, Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber answered fan questions about working with the Olsen twins on Full House.
  • Sweetin said there was an early period when the crew preferred working with Ashley because she was more at ease while Mary-Kate did not want to be on set.
  • Barber noted that certain scenes were assigned based on which twin found them more enjoyable, with sweet-eating moments carefully split to keep things fair.
  • The hosts emphasized the twins were treated as a package deal to comply with work-hour rules for infants, who started the role at about nine months old.
  • Coverage places the anecdotes in the twins’ broader arc, noting they left acting by 2012 to run The Row and Elizabeth & James and skipped Fuller House and other reunions, reconnecting with cast at Bob Saget’s 2022 funeral.