Editing The Straight Story (section)

=== Casting ===
For the role of Alvin Straight, producers cast their first choice, [[Richard Farnsworth]].<ref name=":1" /> Though he was reluctant to commit to the role as he was then terminally ill with metastatic prostate cancer, he took the role out of admiration for Straight.<ref name=":1" /> [[Sissy Spacek]], a longtime friend of Lynch's who had helped to finance his earlier film ''[[Eraserhead]]'', was cast as Alvin's daughter, Rose.<ref name=":1" /> [[Harry Dean Stanton]] was cast as Alvin's ailing brother.<ref name=":1" />