Judd Nelson would harass Molly Ringwald off-set as part of his method acting. He would make fun of her blind musician father, touch on other hot button issues, and tease, harass and bully her, much like his onscreen persona. In the Susannah Gora's book on the John Hughes/80s/teen phenomenon movies "You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried" (which is taken from a line from this movie), Ringwald said she "so knew what (Nelson) was doing," and was not phased by his method actor attacks. Although Hughes was not so tolerant and understanding; he almost fired Nelson because of his antics. He also said he would "never work with Judd Nelson again" because he was basically acting like his psychopath punk character on the set the whole time. It is interesting that in the pre-#MeToo era when the movie was filmed, in Chicago in 1984, both Molly Ringwald (and the other actors on this set) and her onscreen alter ego witnessed and experienced harassment, but tended to dismiss it and look the other way.

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