Half-Assed Internet Research
Development, ending disputes, casting anecdotes, locations, posters and Porsches.
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- Curtis Armstrong's book describes Cruise and Sean Penn socializing during their simultaneous Chicago shoots, and Cruise disappearing from Armstrong's life after filming.
- De Mornay was dating Harry Dean Stanton, who received the script for Guido and encouraged her audition. Armstrong recounts a developing Cruise–De Mornay romance while Stanton stayed in Chicago swimming laps.
- Warner Bros. put the project in turnaround; Avnet and Tisch struggled to sell it after Night Shift, until Geffen backed it with Lana aged to twenty-one.
- The happier ending tested much better for Geffen, while Brickman and Avnet objected; the dispute reportedly prevented a premiere.
- Cruise reportedly trained daily, lost weight, then stopped and ate fatty food to soften his face for a teenage appearance.
- Joel's Highland Park house is near the Ferris Bueller location, prompting speculation about the characters being neighbors.
- The crystal egg came from Steuben Glassworks in Corning, New York; Armstrong's book describes Cruise's active dating during the shoot.
- Brickman opposed a raunchy cartoon marketing concept; the hosts admire the final iconic poster but would also buy the rejected one.
- Four 1978 Porsche 928 s were used; a surviving car reportedly rose from $49,000 in 2012 to about $2 million nine years later, an investment the hosts doubt will hold its cultural value.