Emilio Estevez was high on painkillers when he met…
Emilio Estevez wasn’t pondering clearly when he met his “The Breakfast Club” co-stars.
The stars of the 1985 movie reunited for a fortieth anniversary panel on the C2E2 conference in Chicago Saturday, during which Estevez, 62, revealed he was high on painkillers when the forged and late director John Hughes first obtained collectively for a read-through of the script at a resort in Century City, Calif.
Emilio Estevez at “The Breakfast Club” reunion at C2E2 on April 12. WireImage
Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estèvez and Anthony Michael Hall at C2E2 in Chicago. WireImage
Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall in “The Breakfast Club.” Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock
“I had, the night before, just had all four wisdom teeth pulled — impacted wisdom teeth,” Estevez recalled. “I was on pain pills, and my agent called and said, ‘Listen, they’re going to do the read-through, and you have to show up.’”
“I said, ‘Look, my face is swollen, I’m on pain pills, I’m bleeding out!’ They said, ‘No, no, no, it’s important. You have to be there,’” he shared.
Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, director John Hughes, Ally Sheedy on the set of “The Breakfast Club” in 1985. ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection
Estevez, who was joined onstage on the conference by Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy, recalled that he couldn’t drive as a result of of his surgical procedure, so producers had a car carry him to the resort, the place the forged did the primary read-through of the movie’s script.
Emilio Estèvez and Anthony Michael Hall during C2E2 in Chicago on April 12. WireImage
Emilio Estevez speaks onstage at C2E2. WireImage
“At the end of the read-through, John says, ‘Hey listen, I brought the first cut of my movie ‘Sixteen Candles,’ I want to show it to you,’” stated Estevez. “And we said, ‘OK great.’ He puts the film on, we’re sitting there, I don’t think I made it through the opening credits. I passed out from the pain pills and just from the ordeal of having my teeth extracted.”
“I woke up at the end credits, and I looked at Judd, and Judd says, ‘I think you’re getting fired,’” Estevez remembered.
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Emilio Estevez in “The Breakfast Club.” ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection
“And I believed it too,” he added. “I thought, ‘Oh gosh, I just failed the final test.’”
“The Breakfast Club” follows 5 high college college students who’re compelled to spend Saturday in detention collectively for various causes. Estevez performed athlete Andrew Clark.
Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez in “The Breakfast Club.”
The movie, thought-about a cult traditional, was written and directed by Hughes, who died of a coronary heart assault in 2009 at age 59.
Saturday’s popular culture conference marked the primary time in 40 years that the 5 stars of the movie have been collectively in public.
Last 12 months, Andrew McCarthy — one other member of the Brat Pack — launched his doc, “Brats.” Hall, Nelson and Ringwald all determined to choose out of showing within the movie.
Emilio Estevez on stage at 2025 C2E2 in Chicago. WireImage
“I skipped all my high school reunions, so this was something that finally felt like I needed to do, just for myself,” stated Estevez, who missed different “Breakfast Club” reunions previously.
“But this one felt special because it’s here in Chicago where we made the film, it’s the 40th anniversary, and I just love all of them so it just made sense,” the actor added.
The forged of “The Breakfast Club” reunites for a fortieth anniversary panel. WireImage
Estevez additionally referred to as the beloved teen comedy-drama “one of those movies that stands the test of time.”
Later during the panel, the forged shut down the chance that they’d do a sequel to “The Breakfast Club.”
“I personally don’t believe in remaking that movie,” stated Ringwald, 57, “because I think this movie is very much of its time.”
We offer you the trending topics. Get the best newest Entertainment information and content material on our web site each day.
