He wrote 30 pages thatnight, says a still-astonished Hall, who also worked with Hughes on 1984sSixteen Candles.
He was truly prolific.
The only person who could come close to stealing the movie from those three?
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Bill Paxton, playing the odious Chet, older brother and chief tormentor of Mitchell-Smiths character.
Bill was a champ, says Hall.
He was a great, great guy.
There was a lot of Bill in Chet he had that Texas swagger.
Chet eventually receives his comeuppance when Lisa transforms him into what seems to be a giant, Paxton-voiced poo.
He looks very similar to the emoji for s, Hall says, laughing, of the triangular monstrosity.
This was before CGI.
Johns films just hold such a place in their hearts.
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