While reminiscing on the days of filming the romantic comedy alongside costar Ione Skye<\/a> and director Cameron Crowe<\/a>, the 59-year-old actor opened up about what it was like having his real-life older sister portray his character Lloyd Dobler\u2019s older sister, Constance Dobler.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s easy to work with your sister,\u201d John said during a Nov. 30 screening of the film at New York City\u2019s Kings Theatre. \u201cWhat happens is she’ll come in and then I’m in the scene with her. She runs me over like a Mack Truck and they say print it, and then it’s everyone’s favorite thing in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s a pretty easy gig,\u201d he added. \u201cI just get flat like Wile E. Coyote and everyone thinks I’m a genius.\u201d<\/p>\n Timothy Hiatt\/Getty <\/p>\n John and Joan Cusack in 2013<\/p>\n The 1408 star<\/a> went on to explain that a lot of their sibling dynamic had the chance to shine through in the film.<\/p>\n \u201cJoanie was actually more optimistic than I was,\u201d John recalled. \u201cShe would always tell me to get in a good mood, but I think it was written that his sister went through a tough breakup and all that.\u201d<\/p>\n Along with their joint appearance in Say Anything, Molly Ringwald<\/a> revealed during an April Breakfast Club<\/a> reunion at a C2E2 2025 panel in Chicago \u2014\u00a0alongside Anthony Michael Hall<\/a>, Ally Sheedy<\/a>, Emilio Estevez<\/a> and Judd Nelson \u2014 that the famous siblings were actually in contention to play Bender and Allison<\/a> in the 1985 iconic teen film.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n John Cusack, Joan Cusack Say Anything<\/p>\n Joan and John Cusack in ‘Say Anything’ (1989)<\/p>\n “From my understanding, John Cusack was gonna play Bender and Joan Cusack was going to play Allison,” the 16 Candles<\/a> star, 57, said of the roles that ultimately went to Nelson and Sheedy.<\/p>\n While the brother-sister duo didn\u2019t end up joining the group of high school misfits, both have since gone on to major movie success.<\/p>\n John went on to star in High Fidelity, Identity and the Hot Tub Time Machine franchise, while Joan earned two Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations for Working Girl and In & Out in addition to starring in Addams Family Values, School of Rock and the TV series Shameless.<\/p>\n![\"Timothy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/99e4bc3b15b256189bdfb862cfd3121f.jpeg\"\/)
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