{"id":6409,"date":"2026-06-22T18:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ferris-bueller-star-disses-iconic-film-hints-at-bad-blood-on-set-as-she-reveals-why-she-ditched-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T18:57:59","slug":"ferris-bueller-star-disses-iconic-film-hints-at-bad-blood-on-set-as-she-reveals-why-she-ditched-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/ferris-bueller-star-disses-iconic-film-hints-at-bad-blood-on-set-as-she-reveals-why-she-ditched-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ferris Bueller&#8217; star disses iconic film, hints at bad blood on set \u2014 as she reveals why she ditched Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131846115.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u201d star Mia Sara\u00a0got candid about her rough experience filming the iconic 1986 John Hughes-directed film and why she left Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really give interviews because making Ferris Bueller was not that good an experience for me,\u201d the actress, who portrayed Sloane Peterson,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/ferris-buellers-day-off-anniversary-cast-40-years-tskgspv0m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> told The Sunday Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very aware of what a precious thing this movie is, and I don\u2019t want to disappoint people. But I didn\u2019t get along well with John,\u201d she said of the director, who died in 2009.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mia Sara opened up about working on the 1986 movie \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off.\u201d (Seen above: Sara, Matthew Broderick, and Alan Ruck from the movie). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI don\u2019t really give interviews because making Ferris Bueller was not that good an experience for me,\u201d the actress, who played the role of Sloane Peterson, said in an interview with the Sunday Times. (Seen above: Sara in June 2025). <span class=\"credit\">Neon via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Sara, 59, described Hughes as a \u201cstrange guy,\u201d telling the outlet, \u201cHe wanted us all to hang out together and to introduce us to the French New Wave films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut 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,\u201d she explained. \u201cI didn\u2019t have the emotional maturity to deal with other people\u2019s egos, or my own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite not having the best memories on set, the \u201cTimecop\u201d star recalled having a \u201cmassive crush\u201d on her on-screen boyfriend, Ferris Bueller, portrayed by Matthew Broderick.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m very aware of what a precious thing this movie is, and I don\u2019t want to disappoint people,\u201d she said. (Seen above: Alan Ruck, Sara and Matthew Broderick in the movie). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sara explained that she didn\u2019t get along with director John Hughes (seen above in 1990). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was very much unrequited,\u201d she said, referring to how Broderick was secretly dating his onscreen sister, Jeanie Bueller, who was played by actress Jennifer Grey.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Sara shared that she was not \u201chappy\u201d in her acting career and eventually transitioned to writing poetry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never really had the resilience to deal with the audition process,\u201d Sara admitted. \u201cThere are some things in my career that I\u2019m really proud of, but overall it was not a happy career for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She referred to the filmmaker (seen here) as a \u201cstrange guy.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI didn\u2019t have the emotional maturity to deal with other people\u2019s egos, or my own,\u201d Sara added. (Seen above: Sara, Matthew Broderick, and Alan Ruck). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few of Sara\u2019s other acting credits include the 1988 film \u201cApprentice to Murder,\u201d the 1990 movie \u201cDaughter of Darkness\u201d and the 2002 film \u201cLost in OZ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of her last acting credits was the 2013 movie \u201cPretty Pretty,\u201d before she took a more than 10-year hiatus from the big screen, leading up to her latest 2025 flick \u201cThe Life of Chuck.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She starred as Sarah Krantz in the Mike Flanagan-directed film starring Marvel star Tom Hiddleston.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Eventually, Sara (seen here in 2006) ditched Hollywood. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic for Lisa Sorensen Public Relations<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She returned to the big screen to film the 2025 movie \u201cThe Life of Chuck.\u201d (Seen here: Sara at the movie\u2019s premiere). <span class=\"credit\">Neon via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sara <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/03\/entertainment\/ferris-buellers-day-off-star-mia-sara-57-makes-1st-red-carpet-appearance-in-over-10-years\/\">made her first red carpet appearance<\/a> in over 10 years at the movie\u2019s premiere in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>She was all smiles for the star-studded event at the Hollywood Legion Theater in California.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the actress told People that she re-entered the spotlight to work with Flanagan after becoming obsessed with his 2021 horror series \u201cMidnight Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/ferris-bueller-star-disses-iconic-film-hints-at-bad-blood-on-set-as-she-reveals-why-she-ditched-hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u201d star Mia Sara\u00a0got candid about her rough experience filming the iconic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131846115.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}