The cast of the 80s classic The Breakfast Club reunited recently to celebrate the iconic film's 40th anniversary.
The John Hughes-directed film is now considered to be one of the great classics from the 1980s and one of the best teen movies of all time due to its authentic portrayal of the high school experience at that time.
The Breakfast Club Cast Reunites at C2E2 Convention
All five main stars of The Breakfast Club (Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy) reunited recently at the C2E2 convention in Chicago to reminisce about the film.
This year is the iconic 80s classic's 40th anniversary, and it marked the rare occasion that the entire surviving main cast is sharing the same stage.
"I feel very emotional and moved to have us all together," Ringwald said. Then, she pointed at Estevez and quipped, "We don’t have to use the cardboard cutout anymore. I feel really moved that we’re all together."
"I felt that I needed to do it for myself," Estevez explained.
During the panel, the cast discussed their auditions for the film and their experiences during filming.
"John just called up and said, 'I want you to come in.' He didn't have a script. He didn't give me a script," Hall said.
Ringwald shared, "Originally, he was gonna do The Breakfast Club before he did Sixteen Candles. And then he wrote Sixteen Candles... and turned it into the studio and they said, 'Oh, we wanna do that one first.'"
"So they put The Breakfast Club on hold and then, from my understanding, John Cusack was gonna play Bender and Joan Cusack was going to play Allison, I don't know who was gonna play the other parts. And then after Sixteen Candles, he gave me the script," she added.
The Legacy of The Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club cast also shared where they think their character might be today, decades after the events of the film.
"I think Bender is clearly the principal of the school," Nelson said, which drew laughter from the audience.
Sheedy said, "I think Allison would've ended up being a writer, maybe a professor, something intellectual."
Ringwald believed that her character might have taken an experimental path in her adult life.
"I think that Claire probably got married a few times. And maybe decided she liked women. You know, her kids are grown up, she's like, 'Okay I'll try that.' It didn't work out so well with the guys," she said.
The cast has shot down the idea of doing a sequel without Hughes' involvement, who passed away in 2009.
"It was something that was conjured and thought about," Hall recalled his last conversation with the director before his death.
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