Molly Ringwald is against ‘The Breakfast Club’ remake: “It’s very white”
Though she starred in the 1985 classic, actor Molly Ringwald has recently stated that she is against any potential The Breakfast Club remake.
Ringwald appeared at the C2E2 fan convention in Chicago, where she stated that the movie is not diverse enough to be remade. Ringwald clarified that she would be happy to “see movies that are inspired by The Breakfast Club, but take it in a different direction.”
She continued: “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,” she remarked.
“This is very, you know, it’s very white, this movie,” Ringwald stated. “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.”
At the convention, Ringwald appeared on a panel with her co-stars Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall. This notably marked the first time that all five actors reunited in 40 years.
Ringwald has made several other remarks on the cult classic. Curiously, the actor has previously put the success of The Breakfast Club down to the lack of paranormal additions in the movie. “Any movie with teenagers now has to have a vampire, a zombie or a werewolf.”
Ringwald has also previously admitted that elements of the film have not aged well. “Like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” she said in an interview with The Times.
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