Andrew McCarthy says he holds no grudges against Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson for not appearing in his new Hulu documentary, Brats . Sitting down for an ET rETrospective, the 61-year-old actor shared that he did not take it personally when The Breakfast Club actor, 64, and his iconic red-headed co-star, 56, turned down his request to talk about their experience as teen actors in the 1980s. Nelson and Ringwald were two of a handful of actors in "The Brat Pack.
" "I mean, they both are in the film in a sense that there's a lot of clips and interviews and things," the Pretty in Pink star said. Ringwald and Nelson both appear in the film via archival footage and clips from the height of their fame in the '80s. Nelson also makes a brief appearance through a phone call at the end of the movie.
McCarthy continued, "The Brat Pack is an ongoing relationship, you know what I mean? And some people are at different places in their lives to want to or not want to talk about it. I think that just informs it even more. I mean, that's my takeaway from it.
" The St. Elmo's Fire star, who has picked up more jobs behind the camera in recent years on shows like Orange Is the New Black and The Sinner as well as the feature-film documentary he is currently promoting, joked with ET that while he was excited to begin the filmmaking process on Brats , he feared being spurned by all those he reached out to. "I was surprised as many people would want to speak to me [that] did, you know, because I thoug.