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‘The Breakfast Club’ Stars Reunite for First Time in 40 Years, Reflect on Why Film Wouldn’t Be Made Today

Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall sat down for a conversation at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo on Saturday.

The Breakfast Club stars Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall united publicly for the first time since the film’s 1985 release on Saturday, taking part in a 40th anniversary conversation at the C2E2 convention in Chicago. With writer-director John Hughes ‘ son and grandchildren in the audience, the group reflected on first meeting each other — at a table read when Estevez had gotten his wisdom teeth out the day before and passed out while Hughes showed them the first cut of Sixteen Candles — and the casting, as Ringwald explained how the filmmaker originally planned to do The Breakfast Club first, but after he wrote Sixteen Candles the studio prioritized that film. He continued, “It’s also important to remember that we made this movie for $1 million, which at the time was still a lot of money but by Universal standards was not; it was not thought of as a big, giant tentpole film as they make today.

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