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‘The Breakfast Club’ Should Not Get a Remake, Says Molly Ringwald: ‘It’s Very White… We Don’t Talk About Gender. It Doesn’t Represent Our World Today’


Molly Ringwald says "The Breakfast Club" is "very white" and not reflective of the world today.

Appearing at the C2E2 fan convention in Chicago (via People), the actor said the 1985 classic is not diverse enough to warrant a straightforward re-do. Ringwald appeared on a panel for “The Breakfast Club” with her co-stars Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall, which notably marked the first time all five actors reunited in 40 years. Speaking to Variety previously, Ringwald said “The Breakfast Club” has endured for decades “because there are no vampires in it.

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