Mia Sara says she didn't get along with John Hughes and ditched Hollywood

“I don’t really give interviews because making ‘Ferris Bueller’ was not that good an experience for me,” Mia Sara said. “I’m very aware of what a precious thing this movie is, and I don’t want to disappoint people. But I didn’t get along well with John,” she added, calling him a “strange guy.” She recalled that Hughes “wanted us all to hang out together and to introduce us to the French New Wave films.” “But the others were seasoned actors and I was a snotty New York kid and had seen all those movies, so he was frustrated in that desire,” Sara said, adding, “I didn’t have the emotional maturity to deal with other people’s egos, or my own.” Sara also remembered a “massive crush” on Matthew Broderick, but said “it was very much unrequited,” noting he was secretly dating his on-screen sister, played by Jennifer Grey.

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