While this generation of kids might not understand what it means to stand outside someone’s bedroom window playing a romantic song from a boombox hoisted over your head, and in fact might not even know what a boombox is, anyone over the age of 30 gets it.
Say Anything is a 1989 romantic teen romantic comedy-drama that is a must-see for anyone who loves the genre. It stars John Cusack as an average young man named Lloyd Dobler who finds himself hopelessly in love with the class valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye) who seems totally out of his league.
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Ranked by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 50 best high school movies ever, it’s no wonder that it remains as referenced as it is today. What about the cast? Here is what they have been up to since and their current net worth, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com.
10 Loren Dean – $1-5 million
The estimated net worth, according to Celebstrendnow.com, reflects Dean’s acting career in both feature films and on stage, as well as his work as a playwright. He has appeared in plays like Amulets Against the Dragon Forces, which appeared off Broadway in the late ‘80s, 4 Dogs and a Bone, and Beggars in the House of Plenty.
Other film credits in addition to playing Joe in this movie include Billy Bathgate, Starstruck, Mumford, and a long list of supporting roles in films like Apollo 13, Gattaca, Enemy of the State, and Space Cowboys. His most recent acting credit is as Donald Stanford in the 2019 film Ad Astra.
9 Ione Skye – $2 million
Playing the object of Lloyd’s affection, the high-achieving student Diane, Skye gained mainstream exposure for this starring role. She went on to appear in many other movies through the ‘90s, including Wayne’s World and One Night Stand, as well as through the ‘00s including Fever Pitch and on TV series The Twilight Zone.
Most recently, she appeared in Private Practice, and in a recurring role on Arrested Development. She’ll next be seen in an upcoming TV series called Good Girls. Skye also earns coin from working as a painter and authoring children’s books.
8 Lili Taylor – $4 million
As Corey Flood, Lloyd’s friend, Taylor had a pretty big career in film around the time of this movie, appearing in others like Mystic Pizza, Short Cuts, Ransom, and The Haunting.
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She has been steadily acting since, in movies like The Conjuring and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and on TV with roles in Six Feet Under, Hemlock Grove, Almost Human, and all three seasons of anthology series American Crime. With lots of projects in the works, she shows no signs of slowing down.
7 Eric Stoltz – $5 million
This actor, director, and film producer is known for his roles in Mask, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pulp Fiction, Caprica, and Glee. In Say Anything, he played a classmate named Vahlere. Acting on stage, in movies, and on TV since the ‘70s, Stoltz lost out on playing Mary McFly in the Back to the Future films to Michael J. Fox.
He now adds to his income through producing and directing for series like Madam Secretary. He also appeared in several episodes of that series.
6 Bebe Neuwirth – $10 million
As the guidance counselor at the high school, Mrs. Evans, Neuwirth gained greater recognition playing Frasier’s wife (then ex-wife) Lillian on both Cheers and its successful spin-off Frasier. In addition to being an actor, she is also a singer and a dancer.
Her most recent acting roles including on the CBS political drama Madam Secretary, playing Morticia Adams in The Addams Family on Broadway in 2010, and as Kelly Peterson in Blue Bloods through its entire run. She’ll next appear in a romantic film called Modern Persuasion.
5 Jason Gould – $15 million
This actor, director, producer, writer, and singer played Mike Cameron in the movie. The son of Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould, he is best known for this role as well as in The Prince of Tides and his stage work.
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He has written short comedies and released his own albums as a singer. He has been out of the acting spotlight for the last few decades, but given his famous parents, it’s no surprise that his net worth is still among the highest of the cast.
4 John Mahoney – $16 million
Sadly, Mahoney passed away last year at the age of 77. But after playing Jim Court, Diane’s divorced father in this movie, he sprung to fame as Dr. Frasier Crane’s ailing father Martin in the series Frasier, a spin-off of Cheers.
Mahoney was also a prolific voice and stage actor. He went on to appear on the TV series Burn Notice and Hot in Cleveland. His last acting credit was as Dr. Claude Baptiste in a Polish drama called Mariette in Ecstasy.
3 Pamela Adlon – $16 million
Well-known today for voicing the character of Bobby Hill in the animated series King of the Hill and for leading roles in Californication and Louie, Adlon has been acting consistently since she appeared as Rebecca in this movie.
She is also a screenwriter, producer, and director, currently appearing in FX series Better Things, which she co-created, writes, produces, and directs. She has racked up an impressive resume of roles that dates all the way back to The Facts of Life in 1983. She has also voiced a number of characters in video games.
2 Jeremy Piven – $30 million
He played Ari Gold in the comedy series Entourage through its entire run, a role that earned him recognition among a new generation. But Piven had actually been acting for decades prior, including in this film as Mark.
He starred in the British period drama Mr. Selfridge and also gained recognition for his role on Ellen. In addition to many acting credits, he has also hosted WWE Raw and has done some stand-up comedy. He also plays drums and has played with Chicago band Umphrey’s McGee. He currently has four new projects in post-production so expect to see much more of him on screen.
1 John Cusack – $50 million
The lead in this film, Cusack went on to become a producer and screenwriter as well. He had an illustrious career in film throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, including Better Off Dead, Grosse Point Black, and Being John Malkovich. And has continued to act since.
He has also been vocal on politics, writing blogs for The Huffington Post through the early ‘00s and wrote a book alongside Arundhati Roy about their conversation with Edward Snowden. He is currently filming a new TV series called Utopia and was last seen in the French western Never Grow Old.
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