💥 “We Were Lied To!” – Marta Kristen BREAKS Her Silence at 80 About the CHAOS on Lost in Space Set 👀

For most of her life, Marta Kristen stayed silent about her experience filming Lost in Space.

The Norwegian-born actress was only in her twenties when she was cast as Judy Robinson, the eldest daughter of the space-traveling Robinson family.

On screen, she was graceful, intelligent, and serene—but off-screen, she now reveals, the environment was anything but peaceful.

In a no-holds-barred interview at age 80, Marta confirms long-whispered rumors that the set was a hotbed of tension, favoritism, and emotional strain.

One of the first things Marta addressed was the growing imbalance in screen time as the series progressed.

“We started out as an ensemble cast.

Everyone had their moment.

But by the second season, it became ‘The Dr.Smith Show,’” she said, referring to Jonathan Harris’s flamboyant, scheming character who hijacked the spotlight and transformed the show from a serious sci-fi drama into something far more comedic and bizarre.

According to Marta, the shift wasn’t organic—it was calculated.

“Jonathan was brilliant, but he also knew how to work the system.

He rewrote his own lines.

He added jokes.

He made himself unforgettable—and the rest of us faded.

Kristen says the cast was often left powerless as Harris’s role expanded at the expense of others.

“There were weeks I barely had a line,” she said.

“We all felt it—especially Mark Goddard [Major Don West] and Guy Williams [Professor John Robinson].

It was humiliating.

” She confirmed that Williams, who was originally billed as the show’s leading man, was “deeply frustrated” by the changes and eventually became disillusioned with the entire production.

“He stopped caring.

You could see it in his eyes.

He felt betrayed.

But it wasn’t just the script changes that created tension.

Kristen revealed that on-set politics and studio interference played a major role in the decline of morale.

“The producers wanted marketable characters.

Judy was too wholesome, too plain.

They wanted bombshells and clowns.

I was told to smile more, say less.

” At one point, she says the studio pressured her to cut her hair and wear tighter costumes to “keep up with the times.

” She refused, sparking quiet retaliation from the higher-ups.

“Suddenly, Judy didn’t matter anymore.

Kristen also dropped a bombshell about how the younger cast members were treated—particularly Billy Mumy, who played Will Robinson.

While he was seen as the golden child of the series, Marta claims he carried an enormous burden.

“Billy was a professional, but he was still a kid,” she said.

“He worked long hours, had to memorize pages of dialogue, and was caught in the middle of adult egos.

Nobody protected him the way they should have.

” She added that Mumy was frequently used to smooth over tension between cast members and producers.

“He was like a buffer.

If there was drama, they’d throw more lines to Billy.

It wasn’t fair.

Despite the chaos, Kristen still praises certain aspects of the production.

She had kind words for Angela Cartwright, who played her younger sister Penny.

“Angela and I became very close.

We leaned on each other when things got strange,” she said.

But even their sisterly bond was tested by the pressure to stay quiet.

“We were told not to speak out.

To smile for the fans.

To pretend everything was perfect.

Kristen also touched on the show’s abrupt cancellation, which stunned the cast.

“We didn’t get a proper goodbye,” she said.

“No wrap party.

No closure.

Just a phone call telling us it was over.

” For years, she carried the weight of that sudden ending—and the questions it left behind.

“People blamed the ratings, but that wasn’t the whole story.

The truth is, the network was tired of dealing with the drama behind the scenes.

One of the most heartbreaking parts of Marta’s confession came when she revealed how the show affected her personal life.

“I was typecast.

Nobody wanted to see me as anything but Judy Robinson.

And inside, I was still carrying the scars of being silenced and sidelined.

” She struggled to find meaningful roles after Lost in Space and eventually stepped back from Hollywood entirely.

“People think we lived glamorous lives.

They don’t see what we gave up.

At 80, Kristen says she’s not interested in revenge or attention—just truth.

“For years, I stayed quiet because I didn’t want to upset anyone.

But I realized: the truth matters.

Our stories matter.

” Her voice, once muted by the power structures of the studio system, now rings out with strength and clarity.

“I loved Lost in Space.

But loving something doesn’t mean pretending it was perfect.

”

Marta Kristen’s long-overdue revelations paint a very different picture of the show so many fans adored.

It wasn’t just campy sets and silly robots.

It was a battleground of ambition, resentment, and survival—where not everyone made it out unscathed.

But now, decades later, the silence has finally been broken.

And the real story of Lost in Space is finally starting to be told.