But in screenwriter John Hughes’ directorial first,something clicked. The moderately successful teen-oriented film was criticized for its blatant racist/sexist humor, but Molly Ringwald, as the touchingly self-conscious Samantha, performed as if she were in another film entirely.publicist’s predictions, no baby monster emerged.
Molly Ringwald and I met early one morning at a San Fernando Valley coffee shop near her home. Like most junk-food-obsessed teens she ordered hash browns, a Danish, coffee, strawberries, and a sausage patty. .MOLLY RINGWALD: I suspect this is my last. By the timecomes out I’ll be 18. I’m going to grow up and I don’t see any point in playing someone 17 years old when I’m 25.ROCHLIN: You must read a lot of scripts.
RINGWALD: See, I’m friends with Moon [Zappa, daughter of Frank Zappa] when I first met him I was going out with Michael [Hall, of]. When I met Dweezil he was 14 and I thought he was really cute. Anyway, I’m really intimidated by beautiful people. Beautiful guys, especially. Like, not intimated, but I sort of think the worst. Anyway, he would never really talk to me and if I were in the room he would leave. The first time I came over I never even saw him until I was just leaving.
RINGWALD: It’s funny. You know, most kids can’t wait to drive as soon as they turn 16. But Dweezil doesn’t even care. You know, Frank doesn’t drive and Moon only just got her license and she’s 17. Dweezil had no intention of getting his license. I told him, “This is ridiculous. I don’t want to drive every place.” So the other day I got home from work and I really wanted to go see him, but I was so tired. I told him, “God, I wish you could drive.
RINGWALD: People say to me, “Aren’t you worried about people taking advantage of you?” I feel that I can’t be taken advantage of unless I let them. Edie wasn’t really in the position of stopping people from doing that to her. She allowed people to take care of her, then she would break away, go out on her own, be crazy, then come back and let people take care of her again. I’m not that way.
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