On February 15, 1985, John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club" hit theaters. The film, which starred Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson, focused on a group of seemingly dissimilar teenagers who ended up together during Saturday morning detention at Shermer High School.
For hours, they were told to keep quiet and write a 1,000-word essay describing who they think they are. Naturally, the students completely disregarded the first part and instead spent the day getting into trouble.
Here's what the cast of the iconic movie has been up to since "The Breakfast Club" was released 34 years ago.
The popular girl at school, Claire Standish, was played by Molly Ringwald.
Claire ended up in detention because she skipped class so she could go shopping.
Ringwald has a recurring role as Mary Andrews, Archie's mom, on "Riverdale."
After "The Breakfast Club," Ringwald landed roles in "Not Another Teen Movie," 'Townies," and "Psych." She also starred as Shailene Woodley's on-screen mother on the drama series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."
Most recently, Ringwald appeared on "Riverdale" and played Mrs. Flynn in the Netflix rom-com "The Kissing Booth." Next, she'll star on the mini-series "Tales of the City," which is based on a book series by Armistead Maupin.
In 2018, Ringwald wrote a candid essay for the New Yorker, examining "The Breakfast Club in the Me Too era. The actress also called attention to one scene in which John looked under Claire's skirt while hiding from Mr. Vernon, which she said is problematic.
"Bender sexually harasses Claire throughout the film," Ringwald said. "When he's not sexualizing her, he takes out his rage on her with vicious contempt, calling her 'pathetic,' mocking her as 'Queenie.' It's rejection that inspires his vitriol."
Judd Nelson starred as John Bender, the stereotypical arrogant bad boy.
He tore pages out of books in the library out of boredom and spent the whole movie belittling Claire.
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