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Fast Times At Ridgemont High changed Judge Reinhold's profession. While he hasn't exactly been in the spotlight since his Beverly Hills Cop days, he was one of many cast members to make a ton of money from the film. While it took some time for Amy Heckerling's 1982 raunchy teen coming-of-age tale to search out an audience, it in the long run proved to be a launching pad for several of the stars, Reinhold integrated.
But if there's one thing movie-lovers know about Hollywood, it's that stars don't always love the initiatives they are in. In an interview with LA Mag, Judge was brutally honest about his feelings regarding his fellow cast individuals. But he additionally shed a lot of mild on the legacy of Fast Times and what he actually considered it at the time...
Why Judge Reinhold Was Cast In Fast Times In Ridgemont High
In his interview with LA Mag, Judge defined that he almost wasn't cast as the ever-relatable Brad in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
"They would have cast Nic Cage in a second, but he was 17 years old, and they would have had to switch to child actor hours," Judge explained of his much more youthful and now uber-famous co-star.
While Nic was Amy Heckerling and the producers' first selection, Judge in the end were given asked to return in and learn for the part. Mostly as a result of he was friendly with Amy and her upstairs neighbor.
"I lived upstairs from Amy. She brought me in, but she told me not to tell [the producers] that we knew each other," Judge published.
Had the producers (mainly Art Linson) recognized that Amy was potentially favoring him, they only wouldn't have taken Judge critically as a contender.
"I read a few times, it was nerve-racking, and it came down to the final day. Art looks at me, and he goes, 'Look how old he is. He’s as old as Ed Asner.' Like, I’m in the room! I’m like, oh my god. This is going on right in front of me," Judge stated, who was 22 at the time of the audition.
"I had some footage of me in an after-school thing. So that helped them a lot," Judge explained.
Ultimately, it was the scene he read that booked him the part. Accoridng to Judge, it was a deleted scene with Judge and a guidance counselor.
"Art said, 'You’re the only person that didn’t feel sorry for himself when he read.' I understood the tone of the movie. I didn’t realize, like, the big picture, that we were doing this American cultural statement. I just thought Brad was very, very cool. I wrote really bold on the front page [of my script]: 'Brad is living the worst year of his life.' That was my guide"
Judge went on to say, "That’s what Art saw, I think, that I saw Brad as a survivor and not a defeatist.
Does Judge Reinhold Actually Like Fast Times At Ridgemont High?
Not unlike the film's initial audience, Judge actually wasn't a huge fan of the film.
"I went through this degree of saying, 'Oh, it’s only a teenage comedy,'" Judge admitted to MEL Magazine. "But I don’t see it that way anymore. I see it as a comedy about younger sexuality, and as one thing that’s in reality original. For folks that don’t know, [screenwriter] Cameron Crowe masqueraded as a senior in a Long Beach High School to put in writing an expose for Rolling Stone. We were so excited, because we knew that a lot of the dialogue was nearly verbatim transcribed. That thing with Damone, his rules about the way to get l**d—Cameron didn’t put on a wire, but he bumped into the boys room and furiously wrote that down as it was so nice."
"Tonally, I believed I was in a ‘70s film. That’s what I was fascinated with. The movies that made me wish to be in movies have been ‘70s motion pictures, and there was a very close overlap on this film with the those who worked on them, like our mythical producer, Art Linson," Judge continued.
While Judge initially wasn't blown away by Fast Times At Ridgemont High, he was happy to be part of it. Particularly because of the leadership of director Amy Heckerling.
"Everybody adored Amy because they loved her scholar film, Getting it Over With. Amy was a slapstick comedian. I suppose she was roughly a s*xual renegade as a result of she was able to look males and women with out judgment. To see s*xuality with out judgment, and with humor. She thought, I believe it’s protected to mention, that human s*xuality could be very funny. It was a terrific, respectful collaboration between Cameron and Amy, and Art. It was a truly happy set. I’ll at all times remember Amy and Cameron guffawing at the monitor, and feeling like a million greenbacks, because we had been bringing it to existence, and they liked it."
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