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Jonathan Silverman and Andrew McCarthy cavort with a corpse that water-skis, gets laid, and, more unbelievably, scores a sequel, and yet the only bonus on Weekend at Bernie's is the trailer? Uh-uh. After mercilessly grilling Silverman, EW drummed up its own extras.

Trivia
It was supposed to costar Silverman and Jon Cryer. ''They had us screen-test for both roles, so all we knew was that one of us would be playing [Richard] and the other would be playing [Larry], and we'd start shooting in a few weeks. I'm not sure what happened. Then it became me and Andrew.''

Commentary
On that sex scene: ''This is me reading the script: 'Who the f--- is going to find this funny?' But people did. And they found it endearing. . .Terry Kiser [Bernie] did something so clever: He died with a smirk on his face, which let the audience love him.''

Making-of
''There's a scene where I'm wheeling Bernie in a little red wagon, and his head is supposed to bounce up against the wood deck. Terry had cracked a rib in the first weeks of shooting, so I'm doing it gingerly. It's starting to rain, and we're losing sun, and Ted Kotcheff [who also directed First Blood] is up on top of this crane with a bullhorn screaming at me for being such a pansy. 'Who cares about Terry's broken rib?!'''

Gag Reel
''We were stuck on the ocean for hours at a time. Occasionally, we'd have to pee. In the dailies one day, there's a special shot, without any dialogue or sound, of me p---ing off the side of the speedboat.''

Easter Egg
Where's Bernie now? After traveling the world and spending two years in France, Kiser's enjoying life on his Colorado ranch — and peddling a Bernie's 3 script. ''I think there's great potential,'' he says. ''I still get busted every place I go. In the middle of an African safari, a guy says, 'Bernie?'''


Posted Jul 08, 2005 | Published in issue #829 Jul 15, 2005 | Order Article Reprints