Actress Molly Ringwald, who rose to fame in the 1990s as part of the “brat gang” through the films of director John Hughes, says her career was not as “diverse” as she had accepted. I spent a lot of time despising the movie itself. of variety The Creative Vanguard Awards will be presented Saturday at the Miami Film Festival.
Although Ringurad had a long career, he never again reached the pinnacle of fame that he achieved with films like 16 candles (1984), breakfast club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986), All of these were written and/or directed by John Hughes (the last one was directed by Howard Deutch but written by Hughes).
Ringwald appeared on stage to accept the award and said that after appearing in the 1982 film, he really decided to try a career in film. Tempest.Before that, she appeared in two episodes of the TV series different strokes As a result, his performance in the series was limited to only one season. facts of life.
But for Ringwald, working in film was a different world. “After I made that movie and had that experience in filmmaking, I realized, ‘Oh, that’s really what I want to do.’ So I think the people who made me a movie actress were John Cassavetes and Paul Mazur. I think it was skiing,” she said. Said Audience at Saturday’s awards ceremony.
But she also vented her dissatisfaction with the very film that briefly made her a star.
Ringwald told the audience that if the Hughes trio was to be remade, it would need to be “more diverse” because it doesn’t currently “represent” enough people.
“Those movies, the movies that I’m so well known for, were very timely. If I were to remake them now, I think it would be a lot more diverse. You know, you can’t make movies that are that white. ReallyIt’s very white,” Ringwald said.
“And I don’t think they really represent what it’s like to be a teenager in an American school today,” she concluded.
Molly Ringwald tells the story #Pretty in pink #sixteencandle and #Breakfast Club If it were to be remade now, it would need more diversity: “That movie was very white and didn’t really represent what it was to be a teenager in an American school today.” @MiamiFilmFest https://t.co/zADRyU4CfW pic.twitter.com/rrtlQGj4ir
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This isn’t the first time Ringwald has attacked the film that made her famous. At the height of the #MeToo movement, Ringwald also denounced: breakfast club That’s because she said her character was subjected to “sexual harassment” in the movie.
“Bender (Judd Nelson) sexually harasses Claire (Ringwald) throughout the movie. When he doesn’t sexualize her, he calls her ‘pathetic’ and mocks her as ‘Queenie.’ , I vent my anger on her with vicious contempt,” she wrote in the essay. new yorker In 2018.
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