Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck have been spotted together on the set of their upcoming film The Best Is Yet to Come for the first time.
They previously won the hearts of fans as best friends in the classic 1986 high school comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, directed by John Hughes.
Now their admirers will be able to see them playing pals once again in their upcoming movie, which has begun principal photography in Vancouver.
Alan, 69, and Matthew, 63, will be portraying characters on a road trip, apparently attempting to clear up the fallout from a past misunderstanding.
The two leading men were glimpsed at work on the film this Wednesday, looking a far cry from the freewheeling, boyish roles they played in their last film together.
For their latest shoot day, both of the grizzled actors were formally costumed in suits, with Matthew dressed in blue and Alan in maroon.
Matthew Broderick and Alan Ruck have been spotted together on the set of their upcoming film The Best Is Yet to Come for the first time
The film’s rollicking plotline follows the title teenager (Matthew) playing truant from high school for a day with his girlfriend (Mia Sara, center) and best pal (Alan, right)
Matthew teamed his suit traditionally with a tucked-in dress shirt and tie, while Alan’s suit was worn over an untucked floral satin top.
Their co-stars in the film include Jill Morrison, whose has acted on shows like The Good Doctor as well as a string of Hallmark movies.
The Best Is Yet to Come takes its title from a song popularized by Frank Sinatra, with words by Carolyn Leigh and music by Cy Coleman.
National Treasure director Jon Turtletaub is at the helm of the new picture, working from a screenplay by Allan Loeb, who previously wrote such films as the 2011 comedy Just Go With It starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston.
Their new film marks the first time Alan and Matthew have worked together in nearly four decades, ever since Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Directed by John Hughes, who was famed for 1980s high school comedies like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was an instant hit.
Its rollicking plotline follows the title teenager (Matthew) playing truant from high school for a day with his girlfriend (Mia Sara) and best pal (Alan).
One year before the film, Alan and Matthew acted together on Broadway in the semi-autobiographical Neil Simon comedy Biloxi Blues about basic training in World War II.
The two leading men were glimpsed at work on the film this Wednesday, looking a far cry from the freewheeling, boyish roles they played in their last film together
For their latest shoot day, both of the grizzled actors were formally costumed in suits, with Matthew dressed in blue and Alan in maroon
Alan, 69, and Matthew, 63, will be portraying characters on a road trip, apparently attempting to clear up the fallout from a past misunderstanding
The actors have remained steadfast friends in real life ever since, and chatted with each other for Interview magazine just two years ago.
Matthew fondly recalled that he thought Alan was ‘really, really special from the first read-through’ of Biloxi Blues, sharing that he watched his co-star work during the ‘first rehearsals’ and thought: ‘Who’s that guy? He’s so good.’
Meanwhile Alan said that ‘if there was no Matthew Broderick, there probably wouldn’t have been a Biloxi Blues, and that was a major springboard for me.’
Alan, whose recent roles include Logan Roy’s (Brian Cox) eldest son Connor on Succession, added: ‘If it wasn’t for Biloxi Blues, Ferris Bueller wouldn’t have happened for me. I’ve told you this before, but I think in a previous life you saved me from some horrible death.’
