Was Bouquet a hit in the U.S.? I don’t recall so. This was the age of T and A, and Farrah Fawcett, Loni Anderson, Catherine Bach, and others were on posters everywhere. I’m not sure I saw much about Bouquet, though she might have done Playboy. I do recall a supermarket tabloid speculating that she was a transvestite (the term used back then). That rumor seemed to grow over time since there is a transgender model seen briefly in the movie.
I’m not saying this to cast aspersions on her, but I’m wondering if she just didn’t have the impact the producers were hoping for and, perhaps, they downplayed her participation.