“There is a lot that I really love about the movie, but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” she pointed out. “I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
‘The Breakfast Club’: What Molly Ringwald Has Said About a Potential Remake
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What To Know
- Molly Ringwald expressed opposition to remaking The Breakfast Club, stating the original film is a product of its time and lacks the diversity and representation seen in today’s society.
- She suggested that new films should be inspired by The Breakfast Club but reflect contemporary issues and perspectives rather than directly remaking the 1985 classic.
- Ringwald acknowledged that while she appreciates aspects of the film, some elements, such as the depiction of sexual harassment, have not aged well and highlight how societal attitudes have changed.
The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald weighed in on a potential remake of the 1985 film created and directed by John Hughes.
During a 2025 panel titled “Don’t You Forget About Me: The Breakfast Club 40th Anniversary Reunion,” Ringwald, 57, reunited with her Breakfast Club costars. They included Ally Sheedy (Allison), Emilio Estevez (Andrew), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian), and Judd Nelson (John).
At the event, held at the C2E2 pop culture convention in Chicago, Ringwald addressed the idea of remaking The Breakfast Club today.
“I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie, because I think this movie is very much of its time,” she confessed.
Ringwald explained, “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.”
‘The Breakfast Club’ stars Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, (Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Additionally, the actress said she’d rather see films that are “inspired by The Breakfast Club, but take it in a different direction.”
During a 2024 interview with The Times, Ringwald acknowledged that some aspects of the movie “haven’t aged well.”
In The Breakfast Club, five high school students from different social cliques are forced to spend Saturday detention together. There, they “discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought,” according to the movie’s logline, per IMDb.
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