Ted McGinley says life imitated art when he first met Robert Carradine on the set of \u201cRevenge of the Nerds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we started, we were sort of real adversaries,\u201d he told Page Six in an exclusive interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n
McGinley played the jock star quarterback at Adams College, who harassed a group of nerds, including freshmen Lewis Skolnick (Carradine) and Gilbert Lowe (Anthony Edwards), in the raunchy 1984 comedy.<\/p>\n
Ted McGinley, seen here in 2025, reminisced about filming \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d with the late Robert Carradine in a recent interview with Page Six. Getty Images<\/p>\n
McGinley, who played a cruel jock in the 1984 flick, shared that he was ignored by Carradine (seen above with Anthony Edwards) and other actors on set. \u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n
McGinley (pictured with Julia Montgomery and Carradine) said the animosity disappeared when they began night shoots. 20th Century Fox\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I showed up on set, they wouldn\u2019t talk to me, they wouldn\u2019t have anything to do with me,\u201d the \u201cShrinking\u201d star remembered. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018OK, so this is where it\u2019s going to be,\u2019 and that\u2019s where it was for quite a while. I truly didn\u2019t like the nerds!\u201d<\/p>\n
But relations began to warm when the cast, which included John Goodman and Timothy Busfield, began two weeks of night shoots.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when it all changed,\u201d McGinley revealed. \u201cWe all had to be there together, and so that\u2019s when we became sort of one big, beautiful group.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when we became sort of one big, beautiful group,\u201d the actor (seen above with Donald Gibb, Matt Salinger and John Goodman) shared. 20th Century Fox\/Kobal \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n
The \u201cMarried\u2026 with Children\u201d alum knew the movie would be a hit when he heard Carradine\u2019s braying laugh. (Pictured: Carradine.) Moviestore Collection \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n
In February, Carradine died by suicide<\/a> after a yearslong battle with bipolar disorder. He was 71.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,\u201d his family said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a world that can feel so dark,\u201d the statement continued, \u201cBobby was always a beacon of light to everyone around him. We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby\u2019s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with Bipolar Disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Carradine (seen here in 2025) died by suicide earlier this year. Getty Images<\/p>\n McGinley (photographed in February) can currently be seen in \u201cShrinking.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n McGinley, 67, said he remembers the first time he heard Carradine let loose his character\u2019s distinctive braying laugh.<\/p>\n \u201cRobert was so purely in the moment and so happy to be that guy with this pocket protector nerd pack,\u201d the \u201cDynasty\u201d alum recalled fondly. \u201cAnd I remember looking, and I thought, \u2018Wow, this is going to be successful \u2026 he\u2019s brilliant,\u2019 and so was Anthony Edwards. They were a great team.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cMarried with Children\u201d alum<\/a> can currently be seen in the Apple+ series \u201cShrinking.\u201d<\/a> McGinley told Page Six that he is still a little gobsmacked about playing opposite Harrison Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n The actor (seen above) told us he can\u2019t believe he\u2019s on a show with Harrison Ford. Kevin Estrada<\/p>\n McGinley said working with Ford (seen above with Jason Segel) has been \u201camazing.\u201d AP<\/p>\n \u201cI never in my wild[est] dreams imagined that I [would] get this shot,\u201d he marveled. \u201cI remember always going in on films and thinking, \u2018I wonder what it would be like. [I\u2019d] just give anything to see what it would be like to work opposite a guy like Harrison Ford, just the biggest movie star in the world.’\u201d<\/p>\n Fortunately, McGinley was not disappointed.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s amazing. This has been that gift, it\u2019s been that opportunity to just watch,\u201d he gushed, noting that he\u2019s struck by Ford\u2019s kindness to crew members.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I would be on a show like this,\u201d McGinley added. \u201cI\u2019m so honored that they would allow me to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ted McGinley says life imitated art when he first met Robert Carradine on the set of \u201cRevenge of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,7570,91,29922,88,186,12667,206,12080,223870],"class_list":{"0":"post-566321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-friendships","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-classic-movies","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-exclusive","14":"tag-harrison-ford","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-nostalgia","17":"tag-robert-carradine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}