'The Breakfast Club' Cast Reunites for 40th Anniversary—See What They Look Like Now
The entire main cast of the beloved 1980s coming-of-age movie reunited for the first time in 40 years at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo on Saturday, April 12.
, who played Claire, explained she felt 'really emotional and moved' to have all five leading actors in the room together, noting during the panel that it was 'the first time that Emilio (Estèvez) has joined us.'
'We don't have to use the cardboard cut-out anymore,' she joked.
Estèvez, who starred as Andrew, explained the reunion was 'something that finally I felt I needed to do, just for myself.'
It was even more special that the reunion was in Chicago, as the movie was filmed in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines at the former Maine North High School.
While answering fan questions, the cast members were asked to reveal what they think happened to their characters, with everyone having different takes.
Judd Nelson suggested that his rebellious character John Bender probably became 'principal of the school,' while Ally Sheedy said she could see her character Allison becoming a writer or professor.
Related:
Ringwald thinks 'Claire probably got married a few times,' even suggesting 'Maybe decided she liked women. You know, her kids are grown up, she's like, 'Okay I'll try that.' It didn't work out so well with the guys.'
Anthony Michael Hall, who played Brian Johnson, revealed that a revival or sequel film was 'thought about' in the past, the cast confirmed they would not be doing one out of respect for the film's late director John Hughes, known for other iconic teen films like Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Ringwald also reflected on the experience of re-watching the movie, which she filmed when she was just 16, with her now-grown kids, stating it would have changed "the way that I parent' but admitting that it 'opened up' conversations.
'And then I watched the movie recently with my 15-year-olds, little more age appropriate, and I have to say that they didn't pick up their phones once, which to me… that was a win,' Ringwald added.
The film, released Feb. 15, 1985, finds five high school students stuck together in Saturday detention realizing that they have a lot more in common than they ever could've imagined.
Next: 'Coyote Ugly' Cast Reunites for 25th Anniversary Celebration—See What They Look Like Now
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Elle
a day ago
- Elle
You Should Be Reading the 'Outlander' Books in This Order
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. When Outlander first hit screens in 2014, it entranced a huge audience with the story of Claire Randall (Caitríona Balfe), an English woman who travels in time from 1945 to 1743. Over seven seasons, fans have fallen in love with the series—and its steamy central romance—which will bow with its eighth and final season in early 2026. A prequel series, called Outlander: Blood of My Blood, is out now. But the Outlander story started with Diana Gabaldon's 1991 novel of the same name. It sparked a nine-book series, followed by additional novellas, short stories, and eventually the beloved Starz TV series. (Gabaldon has also announced a tenth book, A Blessing for a Warrior Going Out, which does not yet have a release date.) Are you ready to jump deeper into the Outlander world? Here's where to start. This short story prequel takes us to France in 1740. Years before he meets Claire in Outlander, a young Jamie and his friend Ian become mercenaries. The story begins in 1946, when Claire Randall and her husband Frank, who spent World War II apart, take a vacation to Inverness, Scotland. While looking for plants, Claire comes across a circle of ancient stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun. She walks through a large stone and is suddenly transported to 1743, where she's labeled an outlander, a foreigner. She's walked into a land at war and faces tremendous danger, but finds protection from the Scottish warrior James Fraser, and falls deeply in love with him. Gabaldon's second Outlander book starts in 1968, with Claire back home, where she has a daughter and has been married to Frank for years. After Frank's death, she brings her daughter Brianna to Scotland to meet with the historian Roger Wakefield, who she hopes can tell her what happened to soldiers after the real-life battle of Culloden, which occurred in 1746. While searching for these answers, Claire shares painful and shocking parts of her life with Brianna and explains what happened to her in the second timeline after the events of the first book. In this novella, we turn to Hal Grey, the brother of Lord John Grey, and Minnie Rennie, the woman that he will one day marry. Minnie runs a rare book business with her father. She's in London both working and secretly looking for her mother, whom she's never met, when she stumbles into Hal, who is mourning his wife and unborn child, and they develop an instant connection. Jamie lives and he's desperately searching for Claire and her baby. Claire and Brianna are living in Boston and Brianna now knows that Jamie is her biological father. When Claire finds out that Jamie did not, in fact, die in the battle of Culloden and is still alive 20 years later, she must decide whether to leave her life with her daughter and return to the 1700s to find him, not knowing if she ever will. Drums of Autumn picks up where Voyager left off. Having reunited, Claire and Jamie are in the American colonies, where they are building a cabin for themselves in North Carolina. She has left Brianna, who remains in the present day. Brianna learns that a dangerous historical event is coming towards her parents and decides to go back in time to save them, and Roger Wakefield, the historian who loves her, follows to save her. In the fifth Outlander novel, Claire, Jamie, Brianna, and Roger (now Brianna's husband) are all together in 1771 North Carolina, facing down the coming Revolutionary War. They live on Fraser's Ridge, a 10,000-acre land grant that Jamie was given in order, alongside many other families. Because of Claire's knowledge of the future, she and Jamie know that the war is coming and when Jamie is asked by the British government to form a militia to quash a rebellion, he understands how dangerous the situation has become. It is now 1772 and the signs of war are becoming increasingly apparent, as tensions are heating up and violence is increasing. Claire is working as a healer, and her abilities have led some to become suspicious of her. Jamie is receiving increasing pressure from the British government to further the king's agenda while secretly knowing that their cause is a losing one. When An Echo in the Bone opens, Claire and Jamie still know that the Revolutionary War is coming but have no idea of how they will fare or which side Jamie will choose: the British, who he knows will lose, or the Colonies, which would pit him against his secret son. In the 1970s, where Brianna and Roger have travelled with their children, they are living on Jamie's family's estate. Through letters written by Claire, they are piecing together the mysteries of their family. In 1778, Claire, believing that Jamie was killed in a shipwreck, has married Lord John Grey. When Jamie returns, very much alive, he's angry to learn that his best friend has married his wife. His comeback surprises everyone, including Lord John Grey's son, who learns that Jamie is his biological father. Brianna and her family's peace in the 1970s has ended with the kidnapping of her son and Roger's quest to find him. As the devastation of the Revolutionary War continues, Claire and Jamie have been reunited with Brianna and her family and are rebuilding after the crisis of the past few years. There is fear that the war will ravage Fraser's Ridge and Brianna wonders: Was it a mistake to leave the safety of the 20th century to be with her parents in one of the most dangerous periods in American history?
Cosmopolitan
2 days ago
- Cosmopolitan
Your Guide to All the ‘Outlander' Books in Order and ‘Blood of My Blood'
Adaptation babes! Have you put off reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series after devouring season after season of Claire and Jamie goodness on Starz? Bookmark this primer before you get out an actual bookmark–here's what you need to know about how to read the Outlander books in order, what supplemental stories you might want to pepper into your time-traveling adventure, and whether the prequel, Blood of My Blood is based on anything. It's not as simple as just going through the series of books as they were released, because Gabaldon has written a ton of novellas, short stories, and a whole spin-off series about a supporting character. How you choose to go about integrating all of the books, if you do choose to do so, is entirely up to you. I've included release dates for every work, so you could just go through them chronologically by when they came out. I almost always prefer reading things in release order, rather than "timeline order" (some of the novellas and spin-offs are prequels) when there's a choice. But, at least when it comes to the novellas, you can skip around! So far, more or less, each book corresponds to a season of the Starz series. Season 1 is Outlander, season 2 is Dragonfly in Amber, and so on. Season 7, part 2 is airing right now, and one of the last episodes of this season is named "Written in My Heart's Own Blood," which implies that we might start to get season 8 plots. If you've seen the series and want to read the books but want to skip ahead for whatever reason—maybe you don't want to deal with Randall, or can't wait to get to Brianna and Roger—it should be pretty easy to figure out where to jump in. Maybe you want to skip right to the books that haven't been adapted yet. That's okay, too! Do you feel like there's not enough Lord John, the British sweetie who rolls in once a season and gets up to stuff while making heart eyes at Jamie? I have great news for you. There are many books and novellas about the fan-favorite character AND they're mysteries AND Jamie is in more than one of them. How fun is that?! If you want more miscellaneous reading, this collection includes both Lord John and Outlander stories. It also has a story about Jamie and Ian Murray's time in France. Finally, there is an Outlander crossover story called "Past Prologue" in the short story collection Match Up. In it, characters from Outlander interact with characters from the Cotton Malone novels by Steve Berry, who co-wrote the story with Gabaldon. It's not connected to Outlander, but there's also a story co-written by True Blood author Charlaine Harris in this collection, FYI. This is a tricky one, because even though the new prequel series is based on characters that are spoken about in the books (Jamie's parents, Claire's parents), the events in the show are not based on a book, so to speak. Like, you can't go read a book that mirrors the episode and season structure of Blood of My Blood. So while we, as viewers and readers, know what happened to these characters eventually, their stories get a lot more detail in this series that we haven't heard or read about before.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Outlander: Blood of My Blood Cast Go Deep on the Premiere: Ellen's Feistiness, Henry's PTSD, a Game of Thrones Nod (?) and More — Watch
Can everyone time-travel except us?! That's how we felt after watching the premiere of Outlander's prequel, Blood of My Blood, which got underway Friday. The spinoff's first two episodes introduced us to Jamie's parents, Ellen and Brian, and Claire's parents, Julia and Henry. By the end of the first hour, via the wonder of time-travel, all four of them exist in the 18th century. (For details on the how and why, make sure to check out the premiere recap, which covers Episodes 1 and 2.) More from TVLine Resident Alien Series Finale: Alan Tudyk, Creator Chris Sheridan Talk Harry's Fate, Saying Goodbye and Possible Future Reunion Outlander: Blood of My Blood Premiere Recap: Jamie's and Claire's Folks Fall in Love in Sexy Prequel - Plus, Grade It! King of the Hill Team Tells All About Recasting Hank's Rival Kahn: 'We Certainly Wanted to Be Authentic' Ellen is a smart, strategic thinker frustrated by her brothers' desire to use her as a pawn in clan politics. Brian is the bastard son of a local curmudgeon who catches her eye at a gathering, forging an instant connection between them. In the 20th century, Julia and Henry meet during World War I when she intercepts his letter while working in the War Office's censorship department. They eventually get married and have a daughter, Outlander's Claire, but wind up thrown into the past when a fun jaunt to Scotland goes awry. When series stars Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine and Harriet Slater visited TVLine's New York studio, we asked them to go deep on the season's first two installments. Where does Ellen's backbone come from? How will Henry's post-traumatic stress disorder from battle manifest as the season continues? And is it any coincidence that Brian shares a bunch of similarities with a central Game of Thrones character? Press PLAY on the video above to hear what the cast had to say, then hit the comments with your thoughts on the spinoff's premiere! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
