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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tUniversal Studios The Breakfast Club created a whole new generation of stars when it became a box office smash in February 1985. Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson were dubbed members of \u201cThe Brat Pack\u201d because of their iconic portrayals of high school students stuck in a Saturday detention [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Directed by John Hughes<\/strong>, The Breakfast Club<\/em> follows five teenagers from very different backgrounds \u2014 Brian Johnson (Hall), Andrew Clark (Estevez), Allison Reynolds (Sheedy), Claire Standish (Ringwald) and John Bender (Nelson) \u2014 as they gather in the library of the fictional Shermer High School to serve Saturday detention from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Breakfast-Club-Reunion-at-C2E2-2025-04-2025.jpg?w=1000&quality=78&strip=all\")
<\/div>James Coletta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cThis is one of those movies that stands the test of time,\u201d Estevez said of The Breakfast Club<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a cross generational film\u2026we were lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\nRingwald, 57, noted during the panel that Saturday marked the first time Estevez had joined the rest of the cast for a reunion, joking, \u201cWe don\u2019t have to use the cardboard cutout anymore. I feel really moved that we\u2019re all together.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the panel, the cast reminisced with the audience about working with Hughes, who along with The Breakfast Club<\/em> directed other iconic movies such as Sixteen Candles<\/em> (1984) and Pretty In Pink<\/em> (1986). (Hughes died in 2009 at the age of 59.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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\u201cHughes meant it when he said to us to participate in the process of making this movie,\u201d Nelson, 65, said of the late director on Saturday. \u201cHe liked us, I didn\u2019t know how rare it was going to be for a director to like actors\u2026 He\u2019s the first writer who could write a character who was young without them being less.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The-Breakfast-Club-Reunion-at-C2E2-2025-05-2025.jpg?w=1000&quality=47&strip=all\")
<\/div>James Coletta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nRingwald, for her part, reflected on what it was like to rewatch The Breakfast Club<\/em> with her daughter. (Ringwald shares daughter Mathilda, 20, and twins Adele and Roman, 15, with husband Panio Gianopoulos<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n\u201cIt changed my parenting, watching with her\u2026but how it spoke to her, which character she identified with and why, opened up this incredible conversation,\u201d Ringwald shared. \u201cIf you would have told me when I was 16 years old, one day I would be watching that movie with my 10-year-old and it changed the way that I parent\u2026it\u2019s just mind blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/div>\u201cThis is one of those movies that stands the test of time,\u201d Estevez said of The Breakfast Club<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a cross generational film\u2026we were lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n Ringwald, 57, noted during the panel that Saturday marked the first time Estevez had joined the rest of the cast for a reunion, joking, \u201cWe don\u2019t have to use the cardboard cutout anymore. I feel really moved that we\u2019re all together.\u201d<\/p>\n During the panel, the cast reminisced with the audience about working with Hughes, who along with The Breakfast Club<\/em> directed other iconic movies such as Sixteen Candles<\/em> (1984) and Pretty In Pink<\/em> (1986). (Hughes died in 2009 at the age of 59.)<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cHughes meant it when he said to us to participate in the process of making this movie,\u201d Nelson, 65, said of the late director on Saturday. \u201cHe liked us, I didn\u2019t know how rare it was going to be for a director to like actors\u2026 He\u2019s the first writer who could write a character who was young without them being less.\u201d<\/p>\n Ringwald, for her part, reflected on what it was like to rewatch The Breakfast Club<\/em> with her daughter. (Ringwald shares daughter Mathilda, 20, and twins Adele and Roman, 15, with husband Panio Gianopoulos<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n \u201cIt changed my parenting, watching with her\u2026but how it spoke to her, which character she identified with and why, opened up this incredible conversation,\u201d Ringwald shared. \u201cIf you would have told me when I was 16 years old, one day I would be watching that movie with my 10-year-old and it changed the way that I parent\u2026it\u2019s just mind blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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