Molly Ringwald appeared on Marc Maron’s “Wtf” podcast (via People magazine) and revealed that she’s tried to convince her 20-year-old daughter not to become an actor because of how difficult it is for young women in Hollywood. Ringwald, an icon of 1980s teen movies thanks to roles in “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink” and more, said she was taken advantage of as a young actor — and that it’s nearly impossible not to be as a woman growing up in Hollywood.
“I never really felt like I was part of a community when I was in Hollywood, just because I was so young, really,” Ringwald said. “I wasn’t into going out to clubs. I feel like I’m more social now than I was then. I was just too young.”
“Well, you’re lucky you didn’t get taken advantage of or got into some sort of horrible situation,...
“I never really felt like I was part of a community when I was in Hollywood, just because I was so young, really,” Ringwald said. “I wasn’t into going out to clubs. I feel like I’m more social now than I was then. I was just too young.”
“Well, you’re lucky you didn’t get taken advantage of or got into some sort of horrible situation,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
In John Hughes' 1985 teen dramedy "The Breakfast Club," five teenagers are locked in their school library on a Saturday as punishment for a variety of on-campus transgressions. The teens are lucky that their cruel headmaster, Mr. Vernon (Paul Gleason), isn't entirely attentive, as his periodic absences allow them to talk, bond, and come to understand their prejudices about each other. By the end of the day, the five teens -- Andrew, Claire, Brian, Allison, and John -- may have become friends. More than anything, they understand a lot more about who they are.
John Bender (Judd Nelson) is the troublemaker of the group, and he will reveal his uncaring attitude comes quite directly from having an abusive father. He also deflects a lot of negativity through humor, and it will be he who suggests the other four learn how liberating it is to deliberately break rules. Naturally, he also comes to detention with some weed,...
John Bender (Judd Nelson) is the troublemaker of the group, and he will reveal his uncaring attitude comes quite directly from having an abusive father. He also deflects a lot of negativity through humor, and it will be he who suggests the other four learn how liberating it is to deliberately break rules. Naturally, he also comes to detention with some weed,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Molly Ringwald, star of 1980s hit The Breakfast Club, has revealed she only rewatched the movie recently, and was jarred by some of the themes that were glossed over at the time.
Ringwald played Claire Standish, nicknamed “Princess,” one of five disparate school students grouped together during a weekend detention period, in the movie, written and directed by John Hughes, which debuted in 1985. Her co-stars included Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall, with Paul Gleason as the school’s authoritarian vice-principal.
Ringwald told The Times of London she sat down to watch the movie with her 21-year-old daughter, actress Mathilda Gianopoulos:
“I only rewatched The Breakfast Club, which came out in 1985, because Mathilda wanted to see it with me. There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender,...
Ringwald played Claire Standish, nicknamed “Princess,” one of five disparate school students grouped together during a weekend detention period, in the movie, written and directed by John Hughes, which debuted in 1985. Her co-stars included Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall, with Paul Gleason as the school’s authoritarian vice-principal.
Ringwald told The Times of London she sat down to watch the movie with her 21-year-old daughter, actress Mathilda Gianopoulos:
“I only rewatched The Breakfast Club, which came out in 1985, because Mathilda wanted to see it with me. There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly 40 years after its release, The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald has weighed in about how parts of the classic John Hughes movie haven’t held up.
In a recent interview with UK’s The Times, Ringwald spoke about reexamining the film with a modern perspective while rewatching it with her daughter Mathilda.
“There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” Ringwald said. “I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
This isn’t the first time Ringwald has spoken about rewatching The Breakfast Club with a new perspective. In a 2018 essay for The New Yorker, the actor pointed to a scene in which Nelson’s Bender looks up her character Claire’s skirt. “I worried...
In a recent interview with UK’s The Times, Ringwald spoke about reexamining the film with a modern perspective while rewatching it with her daughter Mathilda.
“There is a lot that I really love about the movie but there are elements that haven’t aged well — like Judd Nelson’s character, John Bender, who essentially sexually harasses my character,” Ringwald said. “I’m glad we’re able to look at that and say things are truly different now.”
This isn’t the first time Ringwald has spoken about rewatching The Breakfast Club with a new perspective. In a 2018 essay for The New Yorker, the actor pointed to a scene in which Nelson’s Bender looks up her character Claire’s skirt. “I worried...
- 4/4/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
“House of Sand and Fog” director Vadim Perelman has signed on to direct “The House with No Walls,” a docu-series examining the mystery surrounding the 2010 death of eccentric millionaire John Bender in Costa Rica.
The four-part series hails from Former Prodigy Media, the production company headed by “Brady Bunch” alumnus Christopher Knight and producer Phil Viardo. “House with No Walls” is based on an upcoming podcast about the Bender story, “Hell in Heaven,” from Blanchard House. The project has been developed with Selectors, a London-based IP incubator run by journalist William Ralston with backing from financier Goldfinch.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled that our collab with Selectors and Blanchard House on this documentary will now be masterfully led by such a talented and accomplished director as Vadim Perelman,” said Viardo.
“When we found this story, we were instantly hooked and began to explore the best possible way to tell it,...
The four-part series hails from Former Prodigy Media, the production company headed by “Brady Bunch” alumnus Christopher Knight and producer Phil Viardo. “House with No Walls” is based on an upcoming podcast about the Bender story, “Hell in Heaven,” from Blanchard House. The project has been developed with Selectors, a London-based IP incubator run by journalist William Ralston with backing from financier Goldfinch.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled that our collab with Selectors and Blanchard House on this documentary will now be masterfully led by such a talented and accomplished director as Vadim Perelman,” said Viardo.
“When we found this story, we were instantly hooked and began to explore the best possible way to tell it,...
- 3/31/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
UK financier Goldfinch has shuttered three of its subsidiary companies.
According to documents on Companies House, Bird Box Distribution Ltd entered a creditors liquidation and Seis vehicle Bird Box Film Development is being dissolved this week. Streaming platform Birdbox.film, a short-lived VOD service, has also gone out of business.
Phil McKenzie, COO Goldfinch, told us: “Goldfinch continues to actively invest in the future of the UK and global independent film industry and operates across a number of lines of business. However, as with most businesses, some ventures are simply more successful than others. Birdbox Distribution Ltd and birdbox.film were only start-up ventures within the Goldfinch group and as with many such enterprises they unfortunately, and after a tough couple of years, became no longer viable and ceased to trade.”
According to Companies House, Bird Box Distribution (Bbd) amassed debts of £363,227. A large part of this debt was a loan owed to a young,...
According to documents on Companies House, Bird Box Distribution Ltd entered a creditors liquidation and Seis vehicle Bird Box Film Development is being dissolved this week. Streaming platform Birdbox.film, a short-lived VOD service, has also gone out of business.
Phil McKenzie, COO Goldfinch, told us: “Goldfinch continues to actively invest in the future of the UK and global independent film industry and operates across a number of lines of business. However, as with most businesses, some ventures are simply more successful than others. Birdbox Distribution Ltd and birdbox.film were only start-up ventures within the Goldfinch group and as with many such enterprises they unfortunately, and after a tough couple of years, became no longer viable and ceased to trade.”
According to Companies House, Bird Box Distribution (Bbd) amassed debts of £363,227. A large part of this debt was a loan owed to a young,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Banijay Germany’s Good Times Founder Steps Down, Replaced By Shona Fraser
Sylvia Fahrenkrog-Peterson, the founder of Banijay Germany label Good Times, is stepping down after 25 years, replaced by Joint MD Shona Fraser. Fahrenkrog-Peterson opened the label in 1998, going on to oversee the likes of Mein Lokal, dein Lokal, Der Trödeltrupp and Armes Deutschland before Banijay acquired in 2019. Fraser, who joined recently and has been responsible for establishing Battle of the Reality Stars, Love Island and Naked Attraction in the German market, will take sole leadership, working closely with Chief Operating Officer Knut Kremling. “Together with the strong Good Times team, I am looking forward to creatively shaping the future of this production house, working closely with colleagues at Banijay,” said Fraser. “I’m a true fan of the existing portfolio and want to fully develop its potential, as well as exploring new exciting ways to captivate audiences with a fresh slate of programmes.
Sylvia Fahrenkrog-Peterson, the founder of Banijay Germany label Good Times, is stepping down after 25 years, replaced by Joint MD Shona Fraser. Fahrenkrog-Peterson opened the label in 1998, going on to oversee the likes of Mein Lokal, dein Lokal, Der Trödeltrupp and Armes Deutschland before Banijay acquired in 2019. Fraser, who joined recently and has been responsible for establishing Battle of the Reality Stars, Love Island and Naked Attraction in the German market, will take sole leadership, working closely with Chief Operating Officer Knut Kremling. “Together with the strong Good Times team, I am looking forward to creatively shaping the future of this production house, working closely with colleagues at Banijay,” said Fraser. “I’m a true fan of the existing portfolio and want to fully develop its potential, as well as exploring new exciting ways to captivate audiences with a fresh slate of programmes.
- 8/15/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
"The Breakfast Club" is the story of five teenagers, each representing a high school stereotype: a brain, an athlete, a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal. They are all thrown together for a long day of Saturday detention, where they find out that maybe they aren't so different after all.
It's classic John Hughes 1980s teenage tropes, and I am such a sucker for his movies ... and for John Bender.
Bender is one of my favorite bad boys. At first glance, he more than lives up to his criminal archetype. Unlike the other characters, he's right at home in detention, sauntering into...
The post Judd Nelson's Method Acting In The Breakfast Club Almost Got Him Fired appeared first on /Film.
It's classic John Hughes 1980s teenage tropes, and I am such a sucker for his movies ... and for John Bender.
Bender is one of my favorite bad boys. At first glance, he more than lives up to his criminal archetype. Unlike the other characters, he's right at home in detention, sauntering into...
The post Judd Nelson's Method Acting In The Breakfast Club Almost Got Him Fired appeared first on /Film.
- 4/29/2022
- by Christian Gainey
- Slash Film
Here's a great photo featuring director Patty Jenkins and the cast of Wonder Woman 1984 recreating the iconic image from John Hughes' classic 1985 film The Breakfast Club. The photo features Gal Gadot as Molly Ringwald's Claire Standish; Pedro Pascal as Emilio Estevez's Andrew Clark; Chris Pine as Anthony Michael Hall's Brian Johnson; Kristen Wiig as Ally Sheedy's Allison Reynolds; and Patty Jenkins as Judd Nelson's John Bender.
The photo was originally posted by Pascal on his Instagram account but has since been deleted for some reason. But, because this is the Internet, the photo lives on and you can see in full below. It's a fun tribute to the 80s.
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The photo was originally posted by Pascal on his Instagram account but has since been deleted for some reason. But, because this is the Internet, the photo lives on and you can see in full below. It's a fun tribute to the 80s.
Omg...
- 8/17/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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