You know you’ve created or have been part of a hit film or television project when audiences are eager for more. Following the credits roll or the series finale, if fans are coming up with their own stories about how their favorite characters have continued their lives, you know you’ve done well. Now, 40 years after the film’s release, members of The Breakfast Club are weighing in on what they think their characters got up to as adults.
At a panel for the movie’s milestone anniversary during MegaCon, at which Collider’s Maggie Lovitt was in attendance, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall reunited to talk about all things the classic John Hughes-helmed teen movie of yesteryear. When Sheedy was asked by the moderator what kind of life she thought her character, Allison Reynolds (the basket case), pursued following the credits, the actress responded:
“I think Allison would have ended up being a writer — probably a writer. Editor, writer, maybe a professor, something intellectual.”
To be fair, her so-called “basket case” personality and traumatizing family background easily could have paved the path for Allison to be an acclaimed author. She would have had plenty of real-life experience should she have gone on to study and write about the human psyche, or even leaned into her angsty teen vibes for a shot at dark poetry.
Molly Ringwald Offers Peek Into the Princess’ Adulthood
When the question came to Ringwald, she simply was not here to play. It seems like the actress has put some thought into where Claire (known as the princess) had ended up in her elder years, explaining:
“I think that Claire probably got married a few times. Maybe decided she loved women. I don’t know. You know our kids are grown up, and you know, she’s like, 'Ok, I’ll try that. Didn’t work out so well with the guys.’ I don’t know.”
We love that for Claire. On the less bright side of things, if you were hoping for a sequel or follow-up that would investigate where the characters of The BreakfastClub ended up, it doesn’t sound likely, with Ringwald continuing:
“That’s one of the great things about this movie. It’s great that we don’t know, and it could be any number of things, and it’s sort of like I feel like it’s up to the viewer really.”
Stay tuned to Collider for more to come from MegaCon Orlando. The Breakfast Club is now streaming on AMC+.
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