Andrew McCarthy , creator of the Hulu documentary Brats , has Molly Ringwald to thank for his breakout role in the feature film Pretty in Pink . Here’s how she pushed for McCarthy to get the signature role over another well-known actor. Molly Ringwald campaigned for Andrew McCarthy to get a breakout film role Molly Ringwald had signed on to star in Pretty in Pink as Andie.
The 1986 film was written specifically for her by John Hughes . Previously, Ringwald starred in Hughes’ films Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club . However, while the the role of Andie’s love interest Blaine was originally set to be offered to Charlie Sheen, Ringwald campaigned hard for McCarthy to get the role.
In the book You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried , Ringwald convinced the filmmaker to hire Andrew McCarthy, whose previous credits include the films Class , Heaven Help Us , and St. Elmo’s Fire . She explained, “I did push for him to get hired.
” “I was involved in all of the auditions, and I actually read with everyone, and I thought he was cute,” she continued. “And I thought, if I thought he was cute, then Andie would think he was cute! I liked that he wasn’t typical and seemed so right for the part.” Ringwald concluded, “Andrew McCarthy has always seemed so tortured with indecision, at least at the time, and so was Blane, who really is a tortured soul.
And Andrew and his eyes. There’s just nobody who has those tortured eyes.” However, Andrew McCarthy and Molly Rin.