Yesterday, we listed films that Molly Ringwald had rejected. Today, our first Alterno-Casting features a role Molly had wanted but didn't get- Sloane from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Molly actively sought the role, but writer/director John Hughes told her the role was too small for her, as she had already catapulted into superstardom. While Paramount Pictures had asked John Hughes to consider other actors, he only seriously looked at Matthew Broderick, who he had in mind from the very beginning.
The film Weekend at Bernie's was not Shakespeare, but oddly enough, it had several people vying for one of the two lead roles. The producers had settled on Jonathan Silverman and Jon Cryer as Bernie's horrified guests.
However, any worries that the crew had about differentiating between the two Jons were short-lived. Hot off the unexpected success of Mannequin, which had been produced by the same company, Andrew McCarthy was a hotshot again. Mannequin had been the company's first number one film, so it desperately wanted to reward Andrew with his pick of projects. Thus Jon Cryer was out and Andrew McCarthy was in.
