Judge Reinhold Was Brutally Unfiltered When Discussing His Fast Times At Ridgemont High Co-Stars
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While some surprise what happened to Judge Reinhold since his Beverly Hills Cop days, there's no question that he's had a tremendous occupation. And virtually all of that is owed to Amy Heckerling's Fast Times At Ridgemont High. The 1982 film has long gone down as an absolute classic and the principle inspiration for lots of the youngster coming-of-age motion pictures since. It also introduced the careers of one of the vital greatest stars within the trade, resulting in the cast all making a ton of money.
In an interview with LA Mag following the 40th anniversary of the film, Judge Reinhold shed some light on his experience making the film. Included within the interview have been his honest and totally unfilled emotions about the rest of the star-studded solid, together with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sean Penn, Nic Cage, and the scene-stealing Phoebe Cates.
7 Judge Reinhold On Sean Penn Being A Method Actor
In more ways than one, Sean Penn's Spicoli was in a film of his own. His personality's interactions with the main forged, together with Judge Reinhold's Brad was limited. But, as just about every Fast Times At Ridgemont High fan knows, Spicoli steals the show.
So a lot of what works about Sean's performance because the stoner slacker comes all the way down to the fact that he pretty much went manner for the function.
"All I knew about him was that he was from Malibu, his dad was a TV director, his mom was an actress, but he was a surfer. So I didn’t know where the actor ended and the character began," Judge Reinhold admitted to LA Mag.
"And he didn’t let on until the last thing we shot, which was the Mi-T-Mart scene. Then he dropped it some, and he was just the most erudite, articulate [laughs]—and the way he was talking to Amy… I just thought, wow, what a trip," Judge persisted.
6 Sean Penn Annoyed His Fast Times Co-Stars
While Judge was blown away by way of Sean Penn's determination to go means for Fast Times, he instructed LA Mag that some of his female castmates were not too delighted with it.
"[Sean] asked me to do the most Method thing, which I happily obliged because I was fascinated. He said, 'Scream your lines to me, yell your lines to me.' I guess it created this barrier of pot that he had to, like, hear through? I don’t know why he asked me to do it. And he really annoyed the girls. He ignored them in kind of a stoned stupor, and they didn’t think he was nice. Honestly, he wasn’t mean, it’s just—how would Spicoli be about around women? Maybe sexist. He just saw girls from Playboy magazine, you know? That’s Spicoli’s reference. So that was Sean’s reference."
5 Phoebe Cates Hated Filming Her Most Famous Fast Times Scene
Perhaps probably the most famous scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont High is the myth series of Phoebe Cates' Linda coming out of the pool. But consistent with Judge, the actor were given cold ft right sooner than shooting it...
"[Phoebe] was delightful, and so upbeat, but that was a tough day for her. My Southern boy thing came out and I wanted to protect her," Judge claimed earlier than claiming that Phoebe didn't wish to be "defined" by any other scene in a movie where she took her top off. By that time, she had already accomplished a couple of intimate scene.
However, director Amy Heckerling did the whole thing she may just to persuade her to do it as it was part of the script.
"[Phoebe] got cold feet, and Amy really had to give her a talking to. Amy said, 'This is in the script, honey.' Phoebe freaked herself out, she thought there were people up on the roof spying with cameras. So I felt really bad. When she comes up to me and we hug, I put my arm up. She was still exposed, but I just felt protective of her. And it’s turned into one of the most paused moments in movies."
4 Judge Reinhold On Jennifer Jason Leigh
While Judge Reinhold did not say a lot about Jennifer Jason Leigh, who performed his sister Stacy, he did mention that she was the biggest identify on set.
"She had done a popular TV movie about bulimia, The Best Little Girl in the World, which is why she got billing over us."
He additionally went into detail about their well-known ab*rtion scene which almost were given pulled via the film studio.
3 What Role Did Nic Cage Have In Fast Times At Ridgemont High?
Nic Cage has an especially small role in Fast times. Although, according to Judge, he would've been offered his section in the film had he been a couple of years older. Instead, he was cast as one in all his pals.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nic had a terrible time shooting Fast Times and even claims to were bullied via his castmates. But this was one thing Judge says he wasn't conscious about.
"Nic was quiet and didn’t let on what he had going on. At this point, he was pretty insecure," Judge explained. "He was very open, but also there was this world that he lived in that he hadn’t kind of defined. But he was very, very original and unique, and we didn’t really know what to make of him, I think that’s safe to say."
2 Who Did Judge Reinhold Get Along With The Most?
Judge claimed he most commonly hung out with his girlfriend on set. She as Carrie Frazier who was Amy Heckerling's assistant. He additionally constructed an in depth courting with the director herself. As for the solid, his most powerful connection was with Scott Thomson, who played Arnold.
1 Judge Reinhold On The Star-Studded Celebrity Reading
In his interview with LA Mag, Judge also introduced his completely truthful feelings about 2020 table learn of Fast Times At Ridgemont High which featured the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Shia LaBeouf.
"This was the best moment: Morgan Freeman was narrating the script. And he says: 'BRAD IS J***ING OFF.' That was, like, one of the great laughs ever. Brad Pitt, although not as attractive as I am—he was really beaten down. He was too beaten down," Judge admitted.
"And I didn’t get [Shia LaBeouf’s] Spicoli, I didn’t get what he was doing. Sean just likes anything that’s anarchist, so he got a kick out of that. But he was doing, like, performance art. But then, I did love The Peanut Butter Falcon."
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