Molly Ringwalddoesn’t want to be held responsible for a certain controversial scene inThe Breakfast Club.
“And I was really not happy.”
“I didn’t like the way that they did her hair at the end…
Ally Sheedy and Molly Ringwald as Allison and Claire in ‘The Breakfast Club’.Universal/courtesy Everett
I was not responsible.”
Themakeover tropeis a staple of rom-coms and coming-of-age movies, andThe Breakfast Clubis no exception.
But not everyone resents the scene.
Nelson defended the moment, pointing out that the reasons for it are addressed in the dialogue.
“Those people don’t understand, it’s explained in the scene.
‘Why are you doing this?’
‘Because you’re letting me,'” he said, parroting the conversation between Claire and Allison.
“That’s why.”
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While he did incorporate some of her feedback, the scene remained.
I didn’t like that," Sheedy toldEllein 2015.
I like how Allison looked anyway.
But it was a moment of passage in that movie.
It had to do, I guess, with her becoming more part of the group in some way.
Not using what she looked like to put people off.
To become more inviting in some way.
And then Emilio’s character had to somehow see her as pretty."
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