Interesting first hand info -- but also, Jan Michael Vincent was/is just plain bugs. Still, the casting philosophy rings true.
I suspect that Jennifer Connelly would never have gotten an Academy Award before her reduction. Meanwhile, Yale-educated Meredith Salenger is still out there, bumbling around, her superb rack intact but doing nothing parts. Her latest is a mini-budget indie with her in a Bettie Page sort of role. She better strip for Playboy pronto, before the inevitable saggage, or her career as a hottie is over.
Both have used their physiques to get roles; both are good actresses (although I must say that Jennifer is way overrated; at the very least she has a stupid agent. I mean, "The Hulk" right after "A Beautiful Mind"? Meanwhile, Meredith is starting to look a little harsh.)
Only one has advanced, and that's the one who got the br.