John Cusack clarified persistent rumors this week that he had once been offered the role of John Bender in John Hughes’ "The Breakfast Club.""No, I think there was one time at one point where I think he thought he wanted me to do it and I think I would I would have done it," the "Say Anything" star told Josh Horowitz on his "Happy Sad Confused" podcast on Monday about the 1985 teen classic."I thought it was a cool script, but it didn't go that way."Judd Nelson ended up playing Bender alongside Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, and Emilio Estevez.STAR FROM 'THE BREAKFAST CLUB' LOOKS UNRECOGNIZABLE WITH LONG BEARD AND HAIR IN RARE PUBLIC SIGHTINGJohn Cusack clarified that he wasn't offered a part in "The Breakfast Club." (Variety via Getty Images)Cusack was in one of Hughes’ Brat Pack movies, however, playing Bryce in 1984’s "Sixteen Candles," which also starred Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall.When asked about being a "teen idol" at the time, Cusack said he was lucky because his parents kept him grounded, and he was never really taken with himself.FORMER NICKELODEON CHILD STAR REVEALS HIDDEN PRICE OF FAME AFTER SHARING RESIDUAL CHECKS WORTH PENNIES"I hadn't done anything, so I was never going to buy the hype or anything.
I wanted to work with great people and do great movies, but I knew I hadn't done anything yet," he said.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREThe 60-year-old said that his actor father, Dick Cusack, always told him "to be a celebrity is death for an artist.Like, you know, he was always about like, what's the script, what's the part, what's this thing saying, right?"A movie poster for "Breakfast Club movie" is seen.
(John W.Ferguson/Getty Images)WILLIAM FICHTNER HAS ‘NEVER’ REGRETTED TURNING DOWN ROLES AND REFUSES TO CROSS ‘CERTAIN LINES’ IN HOLLYWOODHe said that rubbed off on him, adding that he "didn’t take any of that stuff seriously as a teen."LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLIC...