10 Things You Didn't Know About "Weird Science"

"Weird Science" was released on this day 26 years ago. To honor John Hughes's greatest achievement in sci-fi girl-creation software movies, we bring you this handy list of things you didn't know about "Weird Science."

• 1. John Hughes Wrote The Film In Two Days

  

  Which is obnoxiously speedy.

• 2. Anthony Michael Hall Loves Having Girlfriends In Canada

  

  Both his character here and his character in The Breakfast Club claim to have them.

• 3. Anthony Michael Hall Bailed On European Vacation To Star In This Movie

  

  Thus creating the rotating Griswolds.

• 4. Gary and Wyatt Live In The Same Town As Ferris Bueller And The Breakfast Club Kids

  

  Shermer, Illinois is a staple of Hughes films.

• 5. Kelly LeBrock Was Not Originally Cast As Lisa

  

  Kelly Emberg (above) was.

• 6. The Character Of Lisa Was Named After One Of The First Apple Computers

  

  Steve Jobs would be proud.

• 7. Demi Moore And Robin Wright Both Auditioned For The Role Of Lisa

  

• 8. Ilan Mitchell-Smith Is Now A Professor Of English At Cal State-Long Beach

  

  Weird English would be a very different movie.

• 9. Kelly LeBrock Was Not Actually Naked In The Shower Scene

  

  Dashing the fantasies of 12-year-old me.

• 10. Clara Peller Originally Made A Cameo

  But it was cut before the release.