It’s been 30 years since The Breakfast Club was released.
30 years since Molly Ringwald began her reign as the 80s teen Queen and showed us the greatest party trick ever.
Since John Hughes followed on from Sixteen Candles to cement his place in teen-movie history.
Since John Bender iconically punched his fist into the air to the sound of Simple Mind’s ‘Dont You Forget About Me’.
The film about five very different teenagers all in a Saturday detention was released on February 15, 1985.
Obviously, this means we have to take a look back and see what the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Basket Case and the Criminal are up to now, right? RIGHT. SO RIGHT.
Before you carry on, let the gallery below refresh your memory.
Breakfast Club in gifs.
The Princess – Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald)
Age: 46
Molly Ringwald has since appeared in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Not Another Teen Movie and Pretty in Pink.
She is married to Panio Gianopoulos and they have three kids.
Top Comments
Emilio Estevez was only in one tiny scene of one episode of the West Wing. It was a flashback in the background on a TV where he played a young version of Jed. You could barely see him. It Was Martin Sheen (his father) who played the president in the West Wing. Can we do some research?
Some Kind of Wonderful is my favourite John Hughes movie. Criminally underrated.