WEIRD SCIENCE
My creation — is it real? Two computer-savvy outcasts gave the John Hughes comedy some life when it hit theaters on Aug. 2, 1985
Kelly LeBrock
While Lisa was the dream girl for Gary and Wyatt, Kelly, 59, became the reallife wife of Steven Seagal — with whom she made the pic Hard to Kill and had three children before their divorce in 1996. Since then, she’s appeared on the reality shows Celebrity Fit Club, the U.K.’s Hell’s Kitchen and Growing Up Supermodel, with her daughter Arissa.
Anthony Michael Hall
After playing computer nerd Gary, Anthony, 51, didn’t entirely get with the program of being typecast. He joined SNL for a season, appeared in pics like Edward Scissorhands and Six Degrees of Separation and starred on TV’s The Dead Zone and Warehouse 13. However, he did play Bill Gates in the TV movie Pirates of Silicon Valley.
Ilan Mitchell-Smith
Following uptight teen Wyatt, Ilan, who turned 50 on June 29, was up to other things besides acting. After a few more roles in the pic The Chocolate War and TV’s Superboy, Ilan got married, had two children, received a degree in medieval studies and became a professor and writer. He currently teaches at California State University in Long Beach.
Bill Paxton (1955–2017)
Subsequent to his turn as Wyatt’s bully brother Chet, Bill didn’t have to bother anyone to get work. He starred in over 50 movies — including Aliens, Near Dark, Trespass, Tombstone, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic and A Simple Plan — as well as on TV’s Big Love and Hatfields & McCoys before passing away from complications following heart surgery.