Warren Beatty, Charles Grodin, Robert Redford, and Burt Ward (the ""Robin"" character of the TV seriesBatman) were all considered for the role of Benjamin, and Patricia Neal and Doris Day were considered for the part of Mrs.Rose gazes at him, trying o attract a glance while entering the house.Rose quickly persuades Esther to join her and stand on the front porch to look at the boy.Attempting to be non-chalant, both desperately want to be noticed and admired.Unsuccessful in attracting his attention, he is oblivious o them and imperviously wanders inside.Rose thinks: "He""s not very neighborly, I must say."They also go inside their house, where they anticipate he evening""s events.When Esther reminds Rose of her fateful phone call, stuck-up Rose disdainfully mentions her disinterest in boys before drifting upstairs to wash her hair:My dear, when you get to be my age, you""ll find out here are more important things in life than boys.The film""s morality tale of corruption ends with its ultimate defeat and the saving of the community by a morally-redeemed martyr (a common man with a conscience)." At that moment in his battered freighter, roguish Han Solo and Chewbacca unexpectedly reappeared ("Yahoo!") o defend Luke just as Darth Vader was preparing to destroy his Rebel fighter.When he refuses, arguing that he is struggling and "having the fight of my life," she proceeds to the French costume-fitters without him.