To kick off the March 26 theatrical re-release of "The Breakfast Club," Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald stopped by South by Southwest this week to discuss their classic film:
Sheedy, 52, who now volunteers as a teacher at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, said the movie's message was a loving one. "You do matter, we are interested in you, and we're going to tell your story," she said, adding that she was a bit lonely after production wrapped.
The film chronicles five teens subjected to spend Saturday in detention at the fictional Shermer High School in Illinois. Played by Ringwald, Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson, the students aren't all initially friends, but become close by day's end.
"The movie has this message that in spite of people's differences, there is something unifying in the experience of growing up and trying to find yourself," Sheedy said. "I think things are much more complicated and much more difficult right now than they were in the world of Shermer High School. It's a different world."
A blonde Ringwald said she recently saw the movie with her teenage daughter and was surprised to find that her daughter most related to Hall's character, Brian Johnson. Nicknamed "the Brain," Johnson was a straight-A student who attempted suicide after flunking an assignment in shop class.
"She felt that I had too many expectations on her," Ringwald, 47, said. "It was this incredible moment where I realized I was the parent."
"It's surreal. I don't know how this happened!" Ringwald told People, of being three decades removed from filming the movie, which she said was a remarkable time for her. "I was really loving the work that I was doing. [Director] John [Hughes] and I had a symbiotic, respectful relationship. I didn't know I'd be talking about it 30 years later! But it was a great experience."Keep reading HERE.
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