Molly Ringwald is not in favor of “The Breakfast Club” getting a remake. 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.
“I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie, because I think this movie is very much of its time,” Ringwald said. “It resonates with people today. I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies but build on it and represent what’s going on today. This is very, you know, it’s very white, this movie. You don’t see a lot of different ethnicities. We don’t talk about gender. None of that. And I feel like that really doesn’t represent our world today.”
Ringwald added that she’d “like to see movies that are inspired by ‘The Breakfast Club,’ but take it in a different direction.”
Directed by John Hughes, “The Breakfast Club” centers on five teenagers from different high school cliques who are forced to spend Saturday detention together and overcome their differences. 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.
“I feel very emotional and moved to have us all together,” Ringwald said, noting that it was usually Estevez who never made it to previous reunions. “We don’t have to use the cardboard cutout anymore. I feel really moved that we’re all together.”
“I was really happy when we were making this movie, we all really … I don’t know if you can tell but we all really do love each other,” Sheedy added. “It was a dream. A joyful experience.”
Speaking to Variety previously, Ringwald said “The Breakfast Club” has endured for decades “because there are no vampires in it. Any movie with teenagers now has to have a vampire, a zombie or a werewolf. I think that’s one of the reasons it has this lasting quality, because they haven’t been able to replicate it. It’s not for lack of trying. [The studio] gave John an awful lot of freedom for a relatively untested director.”
