Jon Cryer Clarifies That Andrew McCarthy Is Now “A Prince” After Saying He Was A “D***” During ‘Pretty In Pink’
deadline.comThe Brat Pack has been through a lot, but time has only strengthened their offscreen friendships. While discussing Andrew McCarthy‘s new Brats documentary at its Tribeca Film Festival premiere on Friday, Jon Cryer had some less-than-fond memories of his Pretty in Pink (1986) co-star. “When we made Pretty in Pink, we didn’t get along because he was a d***,” said Cryer on a panel Friday with McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, and Demi Moore, according to Entertainment Weekly.
McCarthy admitted to Cryer, “That’s very true,” as Moore disagreed. “Well I didn’t think he was a d***,” she said. “Well he wasn’t a d*** to you,” Cryer quipped to Moore, whom he dated while working on their 1984 movie, No Small Affair.Not talking out of school here, btw, he was sitting two feet away when I said this.
And for the record, the man is a prince.We were just too young to understand each other. Cryer later clarified on X (formerly Twitter) that he and Cryer have since mended their friendship. “Not talking out of school here, btw, he was sitting two feet away when I said this,” he noted in a post on Saturday. “And for the record, the man is a prince.
We were just too young to understand each other.” They starred in Pretty in Pink as cool guy Blane (McCarthy) and eccentric nerd Ducky (Cryer), who both vie for the affection of Ducky’s best friend, Andie (Molly Ringwald).
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