Rick Moranis Breakfast Club

In 2000 moranis received his first film credit since 1997 when he provided voice work in the animated film rudolph the red nosed reindeer and the island of misfit toys.

Rick moranis breakfast club. Involvement in the breakfast club took the form of the character carl the janitor. Moranis was the original janitor but it quickly became evident that his vision for the character wasnt really going to fit in the movie. An important but understated role in the breakfast club was carl the janitor played by actor john kapelos. To hughes dismay he insisted on giving the character a thick russian accent and infusing his performance.

A life in film published in vanity fair the almost mythical idea of rick moranis. Rick moranis hot off his supporting role in ghostbusters was cast as carl the janitor. Back in october coincidentally right after breaking from his longstanding retirement as a public figure to appear in a mint mobile ad with ryan reynolds rick moranis was punched in the head by a strangerseemingly for no reasonwhile walking on the sidewalk near his new york city apartmentnow the hollywood reporter says new york police have arrested a 35 year old man named marquis. Canadian actor rick moranis was sucker punched by an unknown assailant while walking thursday on a sidewalk near new yorks central park a law enforcement official told the associated press.

How the female stars of the breakfast club fought to remove a sexist scene and won plus how it all led to rick moranis getting hired then fired. Moranis was also slated to appear in the breakfast club but was released by john hughes because his interpretation of the role was not what hughes was seeking. According to an excerpt from kirk honeycutts upcoming biography john hughes. Thus while the thought of having rick moranis in the breakfast club seems like a lost opportunity the idea that he played this critical role of carl with a possibly cheesy russian accent may have.

By kirk honeycut t march 12 2015.