Q 01/05

Which actress did the studio want for Andie in Pretty in Pink before John Hughes insisted on Molly Ringwald?

A) Ally Sheedy

B) Demi Moore

C) Jennifer Beals

D) Phoebe Cates

Answer · why

C) Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals was fresh from Flashdance, but Hughes had written Andie for Ringwald and held out; she said anyone else in the part would be like someb...

Q 02/05

What has become of Andie's mother before Pretty in Pink begins?

A) She has died

B) She works overseas

C) She is in hospital

D) She left the family

Answer · why

D) She left the family

She left the family three years earlier, and Jack is still too heartbroken to hold down a job, until Andie tells him bluntly that her mother is not co...

Q 03/05

John Hughes wrote Pretty in Pink but handed the directing to which first-timer?

A) Chris Columbus

B) Joel Schumacher

C) Howard Deutch

D) Cameron Crowe

Answer · why

C) Howard Deutch

Howard Deutch had been cutting trailers and shooting music videos when Hughes, who preferred to be writing scripts, trusted him with his first feature...

Q 04/05

Who plays Andie's best friend, Duckie, in Pretty in Pink?

A) Robert Downey Jr.

B) Anthony Michael Hall

C) Jon Cryer

D) Michael J. Fox

Answer · why

C) Jon Cryer

Jon Cryer won the part after Anthony Michael Hall turned it down; Ringwald had wanted Robert Downey Jr., but came round once Cryer made Duckie his own...

Q 05/05

Who plays Blane McDonnagh, the 'richie' who asks Andie out in Pretty in Pink?

A) Rob Lowe

B) Charlie Sheen

C) Andrew McCarthy

D) Kevin Bacon

Answer · why

C) Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy got the part because Ringwald told the filmmakers he was the kind of boy she would fall for, not a square-jawed jock like the front-ru...