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Molly Ringwald’s Blunt Comments on Her Classic 1980s Movies
'Sixteen Candles' star Molly Ringwald reflects on her iconic '80s movies, critiquing controversial scenes and her experience with John Hughes
“That two of Hughes’s films had female protagonists in the lead roles and examined these young women’s feelings about the fairly ordinary things that were happening to them, while also managing to have instant cred that translated into success at the box office, was an anomaly that has never really been replicated,” she acknowledged. At a 40th anniversary cast reunion in April 2025, Ringwald took issue with a climactic scene where Claire made over moody goth student Allison ( Ally Sheedy) so she was more conventionally attractive to their jock classmate Andrew ( Emilio Estevez). Everett CollectionThe star’s third collaboration with Hughes was for 1986’s Pretty in Pink, which revolved around high school senior Andie Walsh’s (Ringwald) love triangle with the suave Blane McDonnagh ( Andrew McCarthy) and geeky best friend Duckie Dale ( Jon Cryer).
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