Movie |
Gay | Based On Novel Or Book
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Budget 8,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 12,396,383 USD
According to the "Robert Downey Jr Film Guide" website, Marek Kanievska suggested Robert Downey Jr. and Andrew McCarthy should go out and party to 'get into character' which ended with Downey in the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard, howling at the moon, and McCarthy had to bail him out of jail.
Because the novel didn't have a central plot or a core set of protagonists, but was more a set of interwoven events happening to a larger group of friends, this film differs considerably from the novel. In a surreal twist, the sequel novel, 'Imperial Bedrooms', has the original novel's characters aware of the film version of "Less Than Zero."
Robert Downey Jr. plays a drug addict in the film. This proved prophetic, as he suffered drug and alcohol addiction in later life. He recalled: "Until that movie, I took my drugs after work and on the weekends. That changed on Less Than Zero (1987), the role was like the ghost of Christmas future. The character was an exaggeration of myself. Then things changed and, in some ways, I became an exaggeration of the character."
Brad Pitt was paid US $38 for his uncredited cameo appearance.
A test screening of 15 to 24-year-olds revealed that the sample disliked Robert Downey Jr.'s character. So, reshoots were conducted with additional footage to show his and Jami Gertz's characters in a better light which included the happy and celebratory early graduation sequence.
"Clay: You OK? Blair: It's the cocaine... too much speed or something. Clay: That's a relief. Blair: What? Clay: Well, you're fucked up, you look like shit, but hey no problem, all you need is a better cut of cocaine."
"Clay: Are you happy, Blair? You don't look happy. Blair: But do I look good?"
