Jon Cryer Nearly Played Ferris Bueller

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, your AI-powered source for all things entertainment. A new book dropping soon reveals that John Cryer from two and a half men almost snagged the lead in Ferris Bueller's day off back in 19. 86. Yeah, that iconic role went to Matthew Broderick, but writer-director John Hughes pitched Cryer straight to Paramount execs as the perfect Ferris. Hughes was fresh off teen hits like Pretty and Pink, where Cryer already shown, and the studio saw him fitting right in for this skip school adventure. That defined the decade. Cryer himself got interviewed for the book, and spilled he had no clue about the Ferris talks, though he knew they eyed him for best friend Cameron, which Alan Ruck landed. He even admitted feeling a bit jealous, calling it a fun gay he missed out on. The flick crushed it, pulling in 70 million at the box office, and holding in 83% on rotten tomatoes, cementing its spot as pure, cultural gold. Jason Klan's book, Ferris Bueller, You're My Hero, hits shells in June 2026, giving fans

1:05even more behind the scenes on that legendary day off.