John Cusack and his HOT TUB TIME MACHINE co-stars look back at the 1980's today in the New York Times.
What is most interesting is this exchange.
Q. If you had to choose between the films of John Hughes or the films of Savage Steve Holland, which would you go with?Cusack never saw the other John Hughes films? Really? Not even THE BREAKFAST CLUB?
CUSACK I was only in one of the John Hughes films, and I never saw the other ones. I didn’t understand them. I kept hearing a really hip 40-year-old person talking in teenagers’ mouths. And I was in two movies with Steve Holland. So I don’t think I would choose. I don’t think I would have an opinion.
This is the first time that Cusack has seemed to talk about the Steve Holland films (BETTER OFF DEAD, ONE CRAZY SUMMER) without bashing them. His co-stars have favorable things to say about them.
In my "What Ever Happened To" story on Savage Steve Holland, I quoted an interview he gave not too long ago. Holland stated that during the production of ONE CRAZY SUMMER, Cusack came up to him and stated
“You know, you tricked me. Better Off Dead was the worst thing I have ever seen. I will never trust you as a director ever again, so don’t speak to me.”Maybe he has mellowed a bit. I hope. Those Holland films were a lot of fun back in the day. I'd love to see the two together again, but I don't know.
2 comments:
John Cu-"sack" claims to not have "seen" the films of the wonderful and talented John Hughes, but I know for a FACT, he auditioned for ALL of them when he was a struggling actor in the '80's!!! I guess it's okay to dump on the movies you didn't get hired for, Johnny-Boy. Read, "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried" - the writer details/reports about how desperate Cu-"sack" was to play the Bender role that went to Judd Nelson.
The first thing I thought of when I read John Cusack's statement was, "What a liar!" I am glad I am not the only one who remembered that he did audition for at least two more of John Hughes' movies.
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