20 Questions On Deadline Podcast: Why Anthony Michael Hall Didn’t Take Part In ‘Brat Pack’ Doc; His New Film ‘Trigger Warning’ & ‘Reacher’ Season 3
deadline.comMy guest on 20 Questions this week is Anthony Michael Hall. In his latest film, Trigger Warning, which is streaming on Netflix, Hall stars as a gang-boss villain opposite Jessica Alba‘s Special Forces commander character as she sets out to investigate her father’s untimely death.
Hall shot to fame in the 1980s as a part of the fabled “Brat Pack,” starring in such films as National Lampoon’s Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science when he was only a teenager.
When the term “Brat Pack” appeared in a 1985 New York magazine story by journalist David Blum, with Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe and Judd Nelson on the issue’s cover, Hall fell under that label’s umbrella with a group that included Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy. RELATED: ‘Brats’ Review: Andrew McCarthy Reexamines The Brat Pack Legacy – Tribeca Festival But when McCarthy approached Hall to take part in his Hulu documentary Brats, which examines the impact of that moniker, and includes interviews with Estevez, Lowe, Moore and others, Hall decided to decline. “I just opted to pass,” he said, “but I have a healthy respect for Andrew.
I think he’s carved out a good career for himself. He directs television and he wrote that book a couple of years ago that led to this film.
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