It's hard to believe that it's been more than 30 years since the release of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. No matter how much time has passed, it remains as relevant and popular as it ever was.
Below are 10+ Ferris Bueller's Day Off behind the scenes secrets that fans didn't know. So fire up your Ferrari and get ready to break down the fourth wall!
"I called Ned Tanen and said, 'I want to do this movie about a kid who takes a day off from school and...that's all I know so far.' Ned knows me and so he said 'Aw, go ahead.' So I went ahead."
According to an interview given by John Hughes, he claims that "it takes me about four days to write one of these things.''
Hughes was known to write for upwards of 20 hours at a time!
Who could forget Ben Stein's iconic "Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?" It makes the film!
Before Ben broke into acting he had a completely different job. He was a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Nixon and Ford!
Unfortunately, he had injured his knee while filming the climactic scene that shows him running through the neighbor's backyards. As Matthew recalls, "I was pretty sore."
You still dance better than I do, Matthew.
''It was pretty disturbing at first," Matthew said. ''John would say, 'let's try this instead.'''
Prior to that time, Broderick had appeared mainly in stage productions where the script is the law.
Alan Ruck said that Hughes:
"Decided that Cameron had a horrible relationship with his father, but a great relationship with his grandfather, who lived in Detroit and would take Cameron to Red Wings games. That's all it was, and it was never explained in the movie."
More specifically, he didn't like the version of "Twist And Shout" that was used in the film.
According to Sir Paul, there was just too much brass bleeding through for his liking.
Taking a look at Charlie's track record, he more than likely would have ended up staying awake for two days straight, even if it wasn't for a movie.
“It was, I think, upsetting for him,” Hall says candidly.
“It wasn’t a spiteful thing on my part or anything, it was more that I was moving on to new work and new opportunities."
Thankfully, no Ferraris were actually harmed during the making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
And though it's true that they weren't real, one of the replicas still managed to fetch an astounding $235,000 at auction.
Sadly, due to a severe argument that terminated the working relationship of John Hughes and music director David Anderle, Hughes lost the rights to the track.
"I went to Hair and Makeup and I had them secretly do this bouffant wig, like a beehive hairdo, and I went to a five-and-dime store and bought a hilarious outfit. I looked like a crazy autograph hound."
Hughes even went so far as to offer him the part!
However, Emilio declined the role. I guess even the Brat Pack had to grow up sometime!
"It was disorienting for me. I wish I could say that it was a really good experience, but it really wasn't, mostly because of myself at that age. I was seventeen - and it was like having the most awkward year of your adolescence forever solidified."
"We were easy with each other, and we shared a particular sense of humor," Matthew recalls. "So it just worked. We shared the same trailer. He had a teeny trailer, and I had a huge one, so right away he moved into mine."
When asked if John Hughes allowed her to improvise in the movie, she replied,
"Oh, yes. He was so wonderful. He just said, 'Go.' And I would lay it out. And he'd say, 'Okay'or 'Not so much.' His approach was always very, very giving."
"I'd come up with something I thought was funny and he'd say, 'Okay, go ahead and do that.' I just loved it. I loved it so much."
But either way, it's interesting to know that this movie helped some couples find love, no matter how fleeting it may have been. You can't stop love!
"This is to comedies what Gone with the Wind is to epics," Stein said. "It will never die, because it responds to, and calls forth such human emotions. It isn't dirty. There's nothing mean-spirited about it."
"We know we're not going to be able to all our lives. We know we're going to have to buckle down and work."
"But just give us a couple of good days that we can look back on."
Honestly, improvised scenes tend to be the best of all the scenes in my opinion, and this one is definitely no exception.
Now that you know he "never had one lesson," it makes the whole scene even more interesting!
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