Olly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall finally gathered publicly for the first time since the premiere of The Breakfast Club in 1985.
The cast of The Breakfast Club He met for the first time in 40 years at the C2E2 Convention in Chicago. Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall Finally, they met publicly for the first time from the premiere of The Breakfast Club in 1985 on Saturday (April 12), participating in a conversation for the 40th anniversary in the C2E2 Convention in Chicago, where the iconic film about the age of majority was filmed.
For the panel, the five actors talked about the realization of the film with the director John Hughesthe impact of the film and its legacy all these years later.
How was the meeting of The Breakfast Club cast
“I feel very excited and moved to have us all together”Said Ringwald (Claire Standish) during the panel, sharing that, although most of the group had already gathered, it was the first time that Estevez (Andrew Clark) joined them. “We don’t have to use the cardboard figure because he’s here. It moves me a lot that we are all together.”
Estevez explained about his absence in previous meetings: “I skipped all my high school meetings, so this was something that I finally felt that I should do only for me. But she felt special. It is here in Chicago, where we shot the film, and obviously the 40th anniversary, and I felt that it was time.”
He continued: “Someone told me that Molly said: ‘Could it be that Emilio doesn’t like it?’
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During the reunion panel, Molly Ringwald, who played Claire Standish, revealed that Hughes originally had a different vision for her character and for John Bender, played by Judd Nelson: “As I understand, John Cusack was going to play Bender and Joan Cusack to Allison. I don’t know who the other papers would interpret,”.
After starring Sixteen CandlesRingwald’s performance convinced Hughes to choose her for Claire’s role, and Judd Nelson finally got the role of the iconic Bender.
Released in 1985, The Breakfast Club follows five high school students from different social groups and areas of life who are forced to spend together a day that will change their lives during a weekend arrest, and finally realize that they are more similar than they imagined.
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