“Unveiling the Secrets: 20 Surprising Facts About Pretty In Pink That Will Change Your Viewing Experience Forever!”
12. Ringwald and Hughes planned a follow-up movie, but never worked together again
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Pretty in Pink ended up being the last collaboration between Molly Ringwald and John Hughes, but it wasn’t supposed to be. Both intended to work on many more movies together, with Hughes already having the script written out for the next one when Pretty in Pink was shooting. The movie they were supposed to make was titled Oil and Vinegar, and was supposed to star both Ringwald and Matthew Broderick.
In Oil and Vinegar, Ringwald would play a rough-and-tumble rebel type who was attempting to hitchhike. In the script, she is picked up by the character who would have been played by Broderick, and who is on his way to his wedding. The two spend the night in a motel, discussing all things love and growing up. It sounds pretty good, don’t you think?
11. Ringwald thinks Duckie was secretly gay
Several theories have emerged about why Duckie and Andie didn’t get together at the end of the film. Maybe the original ending was spoiled by Ringwald’s stomach flu, maybe the two just didn’t have the right chemistry, or maybe test audiences just really liked Blane. However, Molly Ringwald had entirely another theory about why Duckie’s infatuation with Andie never worked out.
She shared this at a reunion of the cast, when asked what she thought all of the characters would be doing following high school. Her first opinion was that Andie and Blane probably didn’t last beyond high school, and that Andie and Duckie definitely stayed fast friends. However, she was equally confident that by the present day, Duckie would have come out about his true sexuality, which would definitely explain why he and Andie didn’t work out.
