Jon Cryer reveals 2012 meeting with his Pretty In Pink co-star Andrew McCarthy, which helped them reconcile after years of production tension
- Both Cryer, 59, and McCarthy, 61, had only a handful of roles under their belts when they both starred in the 1986 hit Pretty in Pink.
- Cryer appeared on The View on Friday to promote his ABC series Extended Family, where he revealed that he had reconciled with McCarthy on The View in 2012.
- “It was because… there was tension. Well, interestingly enough, I saw him backstage (in 2012) and we had a good time. We had a good chat,” Cryer admitted
Jon Cryer tells how a random meeting with Andrew McCarthy took away decades of tension.
Both Cryer, 59, and McCarthy, 61, had only a handful of roles under their belts when they both starred in the 1986 hit Pretty in Pink.
Cryer appeared on The View on Friday to promote his ABC series Extended Fmaily, where he revealed that he had reconciled with McCarthy on The View in 2012.
“He and I didn't get along well when we were shooting Pretty in Pink,” but when some of the ladies on The View asked why, he said, “I guess it's not that famous,” even though Alyssa Farah Griffin said she was aware of it.
“It was because… there was tension. Well, interestingly enough, I saw him backstage (in 2012) and we had a good time. We had a good chat,” Cryer admitted.
Jon Cryer tells how a random meeting with Andrew McCarthy took away decades of tension
Both Cryer, 59, and McCarthy, 61, only had a handful of roles under their belts when they both starred in the 1986 hit Pretty in Pink.
“What I realized now was that he wrote a great memoir called Brat and he was already struggling with alcoholism when we were shooting that movie,” Cryer said.
Cryer added that he “had all these things projected onto him at the time. I thought he was a grumpy guy who doesn't want to talk to me. Yes, we are kind of enemies in the movie, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends.'
He admitted that when they were filming the movie, “we just didn't have any rapport at that point.”
“I found out later that he was going through some really hard things, so that was such a lesson for me because it's all about projection,” Cryer admitted.
Cryer was also asked about the chances of reconciling with another co-star – Two and a Half Men's Charlie Sheen, as a reboot has been rumored lately.
'Charlie is doing a lot better now, which is great. He and I haven't spoken in a few years, but he's doing a lot better, which I'm obviously very happy about,” Cryer added.
He said that Chuck Lorre, the creator of Two and a Half Men, is one of the most “legendary” TV producers and when the show fell apart, “he really felt like he was friends with Charlie and when he lost , it was very difficult for him. The fact that they have reconciled is really wonderful.'
“The point for me is that when Two and a Half Men was on, Charlie was the highest-paid actor on television, probably ever. There has been no one who has surpassed the enormous amount of money he made, and yet he blew it,” Cryer said.
“What I realized now: He wrote a great memoir called Brat, and he was already struggling with alcoholism when we were shooting that movie,” Cryer said.
Cryer added that he “had all these things projected onto him at the time. I thought he was a grumpy guy who doesn't want to talk to me. Yes, we're kind of enemies in the movie, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends.”
“So you have to kind of think, I love him, I wish him the best, I hope he lives the rest of his life in good health, but I don't know if I want to do business with him. for a period of time,” Cryer admitted.
He said it might be different if it was a “one-off” or something along those lines, but not a full series.
Cryer's new series Extended Family follows divorced couple Jim and Julia (Cryer and Abigail Spencer) as they attempt to co-parent their children.
Their lives become even more complicated when Trey Taylor (Donald Faison), the owner of Jim's favorite sports team, the Boston Celtics, starts dating Julia.