You’re hurrrting me! '”, Except, Dude, Beau says it didn’t happen that way. He acknowledges suggesting Beau to Kloves, “but I didn’t have to twist Steve’s arm. If it had been another actor I would have had to figure out ways to demonstrate to the audience that we were brothers. EW 'Fabulous Baker Boys' reunion: The stars all sing a different tune By Anthony Breznican Updated November 06, 2014 at 12:00 PM EST He didn’t stop. “The studio wanted a sort of [bigger name] actor and Jeff said, ‘No, I want my brother to play it. In Entertainment Weekly‘s annual reunions issue, we bring together Jeff, his big brother, Beau, and Michelle Pfeiffer, who plays the torch singer who both energizes and threatens to destroy their piano-dueling partnership. Instead of growing older, it’s nice to know the fabulous Bridges boys get even more immature. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. The 1989 film, which earned four Oscar nominations, is the only time this trio teamed up on film. Everyone hits a different note, but somehow they’re still in sync. “Oh yeah?” Jeff says. He kind of dug the idea of Beau doing it, too. “I knew Jeff was going to get freaked out so I told him, ‘I want there to be a stop word, so if I say it, you know you’re hurting me.’ I can’t remember what it was—but he ignored it totally. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. “It’s never, ever left them,” she says. “With Beau, it was given. “Jeff just tortures Beau and it’s hilarious. Who came to the movie when? I thought he’d broken my hand.”. After a quarter century, their memories are a little fuzzy—although everyone is sure his or her version is the correct one. When you start reminiscing with the stars of The Fabulous Baker Boys 25 years later, a kind of three-part harmony emerges. Jeff says, nah. It finally finished, and I excused myself and went to the hospital. “In my mind I was thinking: ‘Oh, that’s good, Beau! “A pretty important flaw—we had no safe word,” Jeff says. Offers may be subject to change without notice. We just relaxed into those characters.”. “In fact, if anything, Jeff has become more boyish over the years.”. They are just on each other all the time in the most loving and dear way. He really provided me an opportunity,” Beau says. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Jeff, 64, thinks he was the first to be cast, but Pfeiffer says she was offered the script by writer-director Steve Kloves (later known for the Harry Potter films) five years before it got made, then lost the role briefly before it circled back her way. “The bond that they have is so strong, anyone who is around it has to be envious of it,” says Pfeiffer, 56. Another disagreement: the knock-down, drag-out fight the two brothers have in the film. You could put a lot of energy into that,” Jeff says.

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