Overtime refusal

As well as entertaining the kids, Robin Williams made an effort to look out for them as best he could.

Bradley Pierce, who played Peter Shepard, recalled the actor overhearing the production team discussing the possibility of getting the cast to stay late, and he walked over to them to make his thoughts clear.

Bradley recalled: "Robin basically caught wind of these conversations happening, and apparently he pulled the director and producers aside and said 'No, we are not doing any extra time. You're going to let everyone out of the pool now, and we're going to come back next week.'"

The actor admired Robin for looking out for him and his co-stars.

He said: "That's just the kind of guy he was. He wanted all the people around him to be happy, and comfortable.

"And it meant a lot to me because for a 12- or 13-year-old boy sitting in a makeup chair for three hours first thing in the morning — this guy who is an amazing professional that everybody admires and understands what sitting in a makeup chair two hours before anyone else on set really feels like, and he was just there hanging out trying to make me feel better."