Overview
- Jodie Sweetin publicly recalled on a podcast that the original, unaired Full House pilot was shot with John Posey playing Danny Tanner and recent reporting has renewed attention to that memory.
- Producers originally pursued Bob Saget and reportedly Paul Reiser for the role, cast Posey when those options were unavailable, and later reshot the pilot after Saget became free.
- Sweetin said creator Jeff Franklin pushed to reshoot the episode despite the high cost because he believed Saget was the right choice for the family patriarch.
- Posey had described the casting history in a 2014 interview, said he never spoke with Saget, and recalled that the child cast members were upset by the recast.
- The coverage is largely archival and human interest in nature: Saget went on to play Danny for all eight seasons and died in 2022, and the anecdote illustrates how recasting and pilot reshoots can shape a show’s final form and affect those involved.