Molly Ringwald broke out in filmmaker John Hughes‘ coming-of-age classics from the ’80s, but the tenured actress doesn’t think other directors should commit to remaking movies like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles.
The Run Amok star spoke with People about the notion of new takes on the prolific writer-director’s works, saying she’d rather see creators’ modern-day interpretation of some of the themes raised in his projects.
“Well, they can’t be [remade] because they can’t be made without the permission of John Hughes [who died at the age of 59 of a heart attack in 2009], and he didn’t want the films to be remade,” Ringwald told the outlet. “And I don’t think that they should be, really.” (Presumably, Hughes’ two sons, John III and James, would be in charge of such decisions.)
Furthermore, the Riverdale alumna continued, “I feel like if somebody does something, I would prefer that they do something … that takes from Breakfast Club and then builds on [it], and represents this generation’s issues rather than to try to recreate what was of a different time.”
Last year, during a 40th anniversary reunion for the 1985 seminal film, Ringwald expressed similar sentiments regarding any potential remakes: “I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie. Because I think this movie is very much of its time. 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.”
She added at the time, “I believe in making movies that are inspired by other movies, but build on it and represent what’s going on today. So I would like to see movies that are inspired by The Breakfast Club but take it in a different direction.”