Why Alan Ruck Didn't Get the 'Bender' Role in "Breakfast Club" | The Rich Eisen Show | 8/16/18

[@sdcoinshooter]

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[@frankricard3853]

Alan Ruck looks like he could be Edward Norton’s older brother.

[@trappedintimesurroundedbye5477]

exactly

[@trappedintimesurroundedbye5477]

was just fixing to type something like that then saw your comment 😁

[@BostonEmpath]

That's an insult to Edward Norton.

[@hd-xc2lz]

Or father.

[@danielfronc4304]

@@BostonEmpath And I was going to say that there was no need to insult Ruck with that comparison. While I like most of Norton's work, no-one in Hollywood wants to work with him since he is arrogant, acts privileged, won't stick to a script and has been known to re-write whole portions of a movies script the night before filming since he thinks he knows what's better. In short, the guy is a phenomenal assh*le who can't, won't accept that as an actor he is an employee, not the boss. His role is to speak the written script and act convincingly. This I've heard first person from both directors (more than a few) and producers in KZbin interviews. I loved Norton in The Illusionist but he has to understand his role.

[@maddogsportzjh]

Cameron has aged well considering all of the BS that Ferris Bueller put him through.

[@ianbauer4703]

Damn it, Ferris

[@DJMarcO138]

He was 29 when that filmed - homie looks amazing!

[@edp3202]

He will always be Cameron!

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Stop doing LUDES

[@redandbluebulldog1508]

He’ll keep calling me. He’ll keep calling me until I come over. This is ridiculous. I’ll go. I’ll go. I’ll go.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF is WRONG with you?

[@joemckim1183]

Ruck was on one of the best sitcoms of the 90s, Spin City.

[@jenpeterson3712]

He was great, and so was the show

[@catmip]

Seems like a really good guy. Very humble too. Always liked his work. Does a fantastic job in succession.

[@delmar2948]

When Cameron was in Egypt's land.....let my Cameron gooooo 🤧💀

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Let go of the cheap drugs you're doing

[@rajnirvan3336]

Alan Ruck looks really good for 62

[@Friggle_Dee]

True. He was 29 when he played Cameron. Its like he hasn't aged since Spin City.

[@ianbauer4703]

No way, 62? Amazing!!!

[@Philtration]

Does not get the role of Bender but grows up to look like Mr. Vernon.

[@pts5217]

Philtration Hahahahaha

[@pladampa]

Holyshit nice call!

[@followme8238]

That’s cold hearted bro

[@ourtravelingzoo3740]

He’s aged better than Judd Nelson and Matthew Broderick

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF?

[@jamiecampbell3068]

Dude looks GREAT to be in his 60's !! Holy f*cksticks !! Good for him.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF is WRONG with you? STOP doing LUDES

[@DiamondLifer]

When Cameron was in Egypt’s land. Let my Cameron go.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

STOP doing LUDES

[@davequinlan3020]

When I saw Star Trek Generations 25 years ago....I said "Captain Cameron Frye"

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF is WRONG with you

[@revolution1one]

Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise.

[@travislivengood2744]

Bobs Road.

[@revolution1one]

@@travislivengood2744 You know, in a severe lightning storm, you wanna grab your ankles and stick your butt in the air.

[@twisterfan3164]

@@revolution1one roll the maps!

[@JoeLibby]

I saw Alan in the national tour of THE PRODUCERS. He was excellent and very funny!

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

He told me he saw you in the audience. He mentioned you were well behaved and laughed in the right places.

[@JoeLibby]

@@johnsmith-wx5fb I pride myself on that.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@JoeLibby thats good joe. I'll pass the message on to alan, but he knows.

[@tristramcoffin926]

The Bender part of this clip starts at about 3:00

[@bobdonovan34]

When Cameron was in Egypt's land: Let my Cameron go......

[@BAKER22-l4u]

WTF is WRONG with you?

[@miket851]

Wow. U know ur getting old when the cast of F B is getting old. 45 this year. Still feel like a little kid.

[@hd-xc2lz]

You have 5 more years, enjoy them to the fullest. Psychologically big change when you cross that 50 line.

[@ejamsc]

@@hd-xc2lz Right. I can verify that. At 50, you only have 30% of your lifespan left. If your lucky.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@ejamsc Yeah? I don't think it's anything so rational. More like in your 40s you feel like you can still accomplish something significant professionally, that your best efforts may still be ahead of you... but, as anyone 50 or over will tell you, on your 50th birthday in the day's mail arrives a packet from AARP welcoming you to join. One of the most depressing pieces of mail one receives in one's lifetime. Enclosed are such dreary messages as "Hey! Good news! Life doesn't have to end at retirement!" So suddenly you realize that you're now viewed as part of the retirement class or on the verge.

[@AgiDaKinG]

Idk why but I always remember this guy from his minimal role in the movie ‘Speed’

[@gandydancer823]

I remember no lights at Wrigley.

[@nahpoli]

he was really good in "Bad Boys" with Sean Penn!

[@davidmathews2599]

They never have that movie on TV for some reason. I didn't even know this guy was in it.

[@fromthehaven94]

@@davidmathews2599 It's been on IFC channel on some occasions.

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

nahpoli looks like I got something to watch this weekend.

[@ianbauer4703]

@john probst That scene helped me out of so many jams, I can't begin to tell you!

[@danieldeblasio9368]

@@davidmathews2599 They use to have Bad Boys on T.V all the time in the 1980s and into early 90s. The problem with Bad Boys, the movie is too realistic for the snowflake generation.

[@CruznN4th]

he looks great for his age.

[@dankim23]

John Hughes was from Michigan that’s why

[@williamshaw9047]

He mostly grew up in the Grosse Pointe area.

[@ChuckM0503]

Ya have to wonder what would have happened to Cameron when his dad got home. I mean, I know he says they'll have a nice chat, but there's a good possibility Cameron's dad might have killed him after what he did to his car.

[@pensacolian211]

Cameron's dad totally killed him.

[@Trapper50cal]

I thought it was relatively clear that he was wearing a Wings jersey because he wanted to be oppositional to what he would ordinarily be wearing, a Blackhawks jersey.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Idiotic

[@CLuvTV]

Best line ever...."Oh darn"

[@davidstewart4310]

Ferris Young Guns 2 Speed Class Brilliant.

[@rosselliswilkinson]

Succession, Spin City,

[@BAKER22-l4u]

And?

[@laganas2008]

If they remake Breakfast club, he could easily play the headmaster.

[@moonlily1]

He doesn't have that vibe about him. Judd Nelson was the better choice.

[@danielfronc4304]

Definitely. Judd Nelson embodied the thug look just by sitting still and when he went all kinds of angry and threatening you really bought that he was a real potent danger.

[@FanboyFilms]

So he was Frye and he was almost Bender ...

[@crs290]

I guess a Hubert would have been asking almost too much.

[@LipeAzzi]

Came here after finishing Succession Season 2.

[@weirdsearchhistory5876]

Matthew Broderick just got his dad's Ferarri wrecked. Sean Penn got the guy killed in Bad Boys (1982 not 1995 with Will Smith).

[@plantpoweredjack9847]

"My name is Hendry William French."

[@Mikevdog]

Judd Nelson didn't command a star ship

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Jealous and idiotic

[@chop3625]

No way could he of pulled off the Bender roll, waaay too nice.

[@edp3202]

John Cusack tried out for the role too.

[@dontletherspeak7575]

he could have pulled of anthony michael halls character pretty well actually.

[@a.marvincausey5352]

Bender was Judd Nelson’s role, Ruck couldn’t have done it as well. No disrespect intended.

[@chriscohea2817]

I think he made that clear in the interview.

[@c.d.macaulay66]

Everyone in America was rooting for the Cubbies that Series. I felt bad for the Indians because, in ANY other year, America would be have been rooting for them.

[@creeper2054]

Not Bender, but maybe Anthony Michael Hall's character.

[@princejohn6560]

Alan Ruck would have been more suited to the Brian Johnson role than John Bender

[@Rdallday]

“I’m dying”

[@javierfernandez6030]

Why is he not asking something about "A few good men"?

[@saucerful4351]

He was 30-years old playing a high school kid.

[@jaywunder13242]

Not that unusual. I think the record might be Stockard Channing at 33 or 34.

[@jeffs1546]

Judd Nelson was 26 when he played Bender

[@wakeupcanuck6763]

That one girl from 90210 ....

[@fromthehaven94]

@@wakeupcanuck6763 Andrea Zuckerman, who didn't live within the district.

[@leftcoaster67]

In the 70's early 80's a lot of people in their 20's played teenagers. He pulled it off.

[@DeathWish1974]

Bad Boys with Sean Penn

[@jeffreynocera4017]

I've liked his work in many things, but..He's always Stuart Bondek to me..

[@bryan_witha_whyy]

From Parma High School in suburban Cleveland! Go Redmen!

[@68air]

Holy crap--Rich Eisen looks different.

[@smelrod]

Dana Carvey got old

[@stevejones6247]

what'd I do what'd I do you killed the car

[@debschannel6838]

Looking good.

[@Publiclighthouse]

There's a film theory that supposes Ferris is actually just an outward extension of the anxiety & angst-riddled Cameron. Ferris doesn't physically exist but is an imaginative personality of what Cameron wishes he was. All the things Ferris does in the movie is actually done by Cameron as he lets Ferris take over in iterations.

[@mariusmommy]

L.Pasteur I saw that movie; it was called Fight Club!

[@Publiclighthouse]

@@mariusmommy - Yeah, but with way less mischief, mayhem and soap. The HBO series, Mr. Robot, falls on a similar premise.

[@ourtravelingzoo3740]

Right so Ferris Durden

[@ericnewton193]

Without Cameron,there's no nabbing the hot chick outta school with the cool car. No Cameron=no movie

[@STONESGAM]

This doesn't make any sense. What about Ferris sister and Rooney and everyone trying to bust Ferris. It doesn't make any sense. The person who came up with that theory is seeing the movie through a 2023 lens and it's not playing a gimmick like Fight Club which came out in 1999. John Hughes was a pretty straight forward director and this came out back in 1986. No way.

[@danielcallahan4825]

He's starting to look like the mayor from spin city

[@moonlily1]

Barry Bostwick? I don't see it.

[@danielcallahan4825]

@@moonlily1 look at the hair

[@moonlily1]

@@danielcallahan4825 I look at the face. Anyone can get a haircut like someone else's haircut. Their faces aren't alike.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

The Bender role is underrated... way ahead of his acting years on that...

[@TheSighphiguy]

he didnt play Bender...he played Cameron.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@TheSighphiguy I meant in general...Judd Nelson

[@TheSighphiguy]

@@anthonyrivers1619 well then that begs the question...how is it "underrated"? its one of the more iconic roles of that era.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@TheSighphiguymy opinion... it can be both...it was his 1st lead role...in the context of 1984, it was superbly acted for a movie like that...the movie is more iconic than his role...all roles in that movie are quoted...the brat pack got more attention than the singular Bender role...

[@culraven7573]

A few characters in Breakfast Club are underrated. Bender, Allison and Andrew were characters that hit hard. The movie is underrated because of the Brat Pack, teen movie reputation.

[@TommyRibs]

He would not have been a good fit as Bender.

[@davyroger3773]

U never know, great actors can put on multiple faces

[@TommyRibs]

@@davyroger3773 It's a fair point. Judd Nelson was so good in that role, it's just hard to imagine anyone else doing as well.

[@fredharvey2720]

This guy isn't a Bender. Too decent.

[@petez4608]

Spin City

[@andreadeamon6419]

Hey!!! What's wrong with the Browns and the Tribe? (Bring back chief!!)

[@aceisagodkiss3872]

Lay off the Ben and Jerry's, Rich!

[@johnnyrocket9372]

Well you may not have a mysterious face for reality TV, but did you you ruin the entire plot twist of the show in the first 5 minutes of the first show like Anderson Cooper?

[@stevedillemuth5048]

I played against his high school many of times in baseball. I cannot believe he rooted for the Cubs in the 2016 World Series. That is really disappointing. Good actor, though.

[@BamaMatters11]

It's really disappointing that you find it really disappointing he rooted for the Cubs smdh.