According to Elliott Gould, he and co-star Robert Mitchum would share a sandwich (and a joint) every day at lunch.
Tom Allen in 'The Village Voice' said that the Matilda kangaroo was "worked by a person in a fur suit and fixed mask . . . The technicians do not even get the ears to wiggle and the mouth to pucker until the final minutes".
The weight of the Australian boxing kangaroo "Matilda" was 195 lb (pounds).
The "Matilda" animal was actually an Australian male kangaroo character despite having the female name of "Matilda".