Jon Cryer's Ferris Bueller Near-Miss

0:00It's April 4th. This is entertainment in celebrity news today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. Matthew Broderick landed his iconic Ferris Bueller role, but it almost went to another 80s heartthrob, John Cryer. A new book called Ferris Bueller, Your My Hero, reveals that director John Hughes pitched Cryer for the lead in the 1986 hit, Ferris. Bueller's day off before Broderick got the part. Hughes and Paramount execs floated Cryer's name early on, fresh off his ducky role in Pretty and Pink, another Hughes classic. Cryer, now 60 years old, had no clue about the Ferris consideration during those talks. He only knew his team mentioned him for Cameron Fry, the best friend spot that Alan Ruck snagged. Cryer figured he was too much like Broderick, 64 now, to play that anxious sidekick, a comparison that dogged their brat pack days. The book drops more details by Cryer feeling he missed a huge chance. Author Jason Klam pulls from chats and archives with an excerpt hitting Entertainment Weekly.

1:02This casting what if reminds us how thin the line was for one of cinema's ultimate skip school anthems, keeping the Bueller legend alive three decades. Later.