Brian Backer


 According to Brian Backer, Jennifer Jason Leigh and her family allowed him to stay at their house for no charge till filming for "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) wrapped being that he flew down to star in the film from his hometown of Brooklyn and was pretty broke.

Andy Rathbone was the student Cameron Crowe based Backer's character Mark "Rat" Ratner on. Rathbone was known as "the rat" in high school, and was initially extremely upset at the portrayal of his character. He said that Crowe only accentuated his bad attributes and gave cool things he had done to other characters, such as ordering a pizza during class (that was done by Jeff Spicoli in the film but done by Rathbone in real life). Crowe said he worked diligently to "disguise" all the characters and give them mixed personalities so as NOT to point to anyone specifically.
Rathbone has since grown to appreciate the role. He became famous in his own right for writing many of the "for Dummies" help books series.
Happy Birthday, Brian Backer!

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