Q 01/05
A) Ally Sheedy
B) Molly Ringwald
C) Lea Thompson
D) Jennifer Beals
Answer · why
It was her third film with John Hughes after Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, and she made the cover of Time that May.
Q 02/05
A) Cameron Crowe
B) Howard Deutch
C) Amy Heckerling
D) John Hughes
Answer · why
He also served as co-executive producer but handed the directing to a first-timer.
Q 03/05
A) Chris Columbus
B) Joel Schumacher
C) Howard Deutch
D) John Hughes
Answer · why
He went on to direct Some Kind of Wonderful for Hughes the following year, where he met his future wife Lea Thompson.
Q 04/05
A) Robert Downey Jr.
B) Anthony Michael Hall
C) Jon Cryer
D) Andrew McCarthy
Answer · why
Ringwald had lobbied for Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Michael Hall turned the part down to avoid typecasting.
Q 05/05
A) Rob Lowe
B) Charlie Sheen
C) Andrew McCarthy
D) James Spader
Answer · why
Charlie Sheen was considered, but Ringwald persuaded the filmmakers to cast McCarthy instead.
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