He didn’t want to light those 16 candles again.
The documentary “Brats” (streaming on Hulu) about the famous Brat Pack has some major omissions. It does mention the famous group of ’80s stars, including Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy. But Anthony Michal Hall and Molly Ringwald don’t appear, and Judd Nelson only has a brief part.
Hall, 56, has broken his silence on why he declined to participate.
“I was asked to be a part of it, but you know what, I’ll tell you my attitude is I wish everybody well. It’s just something that I choose not to do because I’m always trying to move forward and create new things and do new things,” Hall told TV Insider in an interview published Tuesday.
The documentary follows director McCarthy — who was himself a member of the Brat Pack, co-starring in “Pretty In Pink” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” — as he reunites with his former compatriots to reflect on how they felt about the “Brat Pack” label that defined them.
In the documentary, Lowe, 60, says: “Nobody liked (the Brat Pack label). I don’t want to come across as someone who was overly optimistic, who didn’t realize or didn’t know at the time what a disaster, what a wickedness and what an attempt to minimize our talents it was.”
However, he is now at peace with the label.
“It hurts me to see people who don’t see how much love there is in the Brat Pack. It’s just goodwill,” he said.
Hall, meanwhile, starred in “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles.”
“The truth is I’ve had to embrace the John Hughes period of my life throughout my career, and I’m happy to do that, obviously, as I said here. It’s never been a problem for me. But I also think time has taught me that you have to wish everyone well,” he told the outlet.
Ringwald, 56, also declined to participate.
“She said she would think about it and that would really be the end of the story,” McCarthy, 61, told Us Weekly.
During the documentary, he notes how difficult it was to track down his fellow actors and get them to talk to him.
“Judd (Nelson) is at an undisclosed location and is unavailable… My wife said doing this movie would be ‘good for my humility’ and now I know what she was talking about,” he said.
“I asked Molly if she liked to talk. She said she would think about it, but she would like to keep looking forward.”
Despite his hesitation, Nelson makes a surprise appearance at the end, via a one-sided phone call, when McCarthy is heard answering the phone and saying, “Hello. Judd?!”
“It seems odd that this topic would be intended for edited entertainment,” Nelson told Us Weekly in March, adding that he “politely declined” McCarthy’s offer to join the project.
“Plus, he’s a nice guy, but I haven’t seen him in 35 years,” he continued. “And I’m not going to say, ‘Hey!’ No, man.”
Hall said he had not yet watched the documentary, but praised McCarthy.
“I think he’s built a great career,” he told TV Insider. “He’s a writer and he makes TV shows. He’s a cool guy. He’s also a dad.”
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