He was always accessible.
He would often sit underneath the camera, next to the camera.
And I think every performance was a collaboration with him because he was so open and so accessible.
And he just cut us loose because the scripts are always great.
The scenes are always there and written, I felt…
But he was great because he would let us just try stuff.
For Nelson, that experience wasn’t remotely the case in non-Hughes Brat Pack films.
Particularly, after immediately working on another quintessential Brat Pack flick,St.
Elmo’s Fire, and it’s not just the subject matter.
The way people treated each other was different.
You go to the set on Breakfast Club.
You’re a part of it.
The crew is part of it.
John Hughes is part of it all."
The warmth of Hughes made Nelson’s follow-up role inSt.
Elmo’s Firefeel all the more cold and detached.
Altogether, Nelson simply recalled having a worse time overall onSt.
All the scenes are consistent.
For me anyway, the movies that followed were less fun."
The Breakfast Clubis currently streaming on AMC+.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more coverage from MegaCon throughout the weekend.
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