Overview
- Roylance, speaking on a podcast Tuesday, said a casting director told her to be "a little thinner" before she could meet showrunner Michael Landon.
- She said she used a girdle and a tightened prairie outfit to appear slimmer at the follow-up audition.
- Landon later cast her as Sarah Carter for Season 9 even though she did not yet have a Screen Actors Guild card, which is the union credential many TV jobs require.
- She joined the show during a late-series shift that brought the Carter family into the Ingalls homestead and gave her a season-long regular role.
- Coverage notes growing interest in the property with a Netflix reimagining planned for summer 2026.