Ferris Bueller Was Almost Played By Who? Richard Crouse Has Thoughts

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Apr 3, 2026 · 9m

What makes an artist Canadian is the question Richard Crouse is putting to his new podcast Entertainment Is Broken after Justin Bieber and Tate McCrae skipped the Junos despite major nominations. His argument is that if your career is built entirely in the United States, maybe the Canadian identity claim needs examining. His co-host disagrees. Ryan Reynolds donating to Canadian charities is the model he is pointing to.

What does it feel like to learn that Ferris Bueller was almost cast with John Cryer instead of Matthew Broderick, and that Anthony Michael Hall says the part was actually…