Being on set during the making of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was apparently, well… no day off.
At least that’s what one of the film’s co-stars, Mia Sara, who played Ferris’ girlfriend, Sloan Peterson, thinks.
Sara said the same during an interview with The Times earlier this month. She told the publication: “I don’t really give interviews because I do Ferris Bueller was not such a good experience for me. But I’m very aware of what a valuable thing this film is, and I don’t want to disappoint people.”
Released in 1986, it was one of the highest-grossing films of the year, grossing more than $70 million against a budget of just over $5 million. It is one of the most quoted films of the 80s and helped launch the careers of Matthew Broderick and Jennifer Grey.
And if you pay enough attention, you’ll also catch a glimpse of a young Charlie Sheen.
Despite the film’s enduring success and several watchable scenes, Sara did not enjoy her time on set, largely due to director John Hughes. “I didn’t get on well with John,” Sara shared The Times.
Hughes, who directed a number of 80s classics such as Sixteen candles, Weird scienceand The Breakfast Club before Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,was not someone Sara had an easy time connecting with. Part of the reason could have been Sara’s inexperience on the big screen. Ferris Bueller was only her second film role.
“(John Hughes) wanted us all to hang out together and introduce ourselves to the French New Wave movies. But the others were seasoned actors and I was a snotty New York kid who had seen all those movies, so he was frustrated by that desire,” Sara recalled. “I didn’t have the emotional maturity to deal with other people’s egos or my own.”
Now 59, Sara last appeared on screen in the 2024s Chuck’s life. Her appearance marked her first time in front of the camera in more than a decade. If you missed it, you’re not alone. Because as you may or may not know, life goes pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.
