Molly Ringwald reflects back on 'Pretty in Pink' for film's 35th anniversary

This generation of teenagers might only know Molly Ringwald as Archie's mother, Mary Andrews, in The CW's much-beloved series Riverdale, but long before that, the 53-year-old actress was a mainstay in iconic John Hughes films.

Ringwald had an unbelievable run in the 1980s, starring in Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), and she reflected on 35 years of Pretty in Pink with Vogue's Keaton Bell this week.

It turns out, the No. 1 box office hit would not have existed without Ringwald: 

"John had been wanting to write something for me, and he often used song titles for his projects since most of what he wrote was inspired by music. He wrote Pretty in Pink in between Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club and based it loosely around the Psychedelic Furs song. At that point in my life I also just really liked pink—Andie’s room was basically modeled after my own. The prop people even took a collage from my personal bedroom and used it in the movie for Andie’s room, if that tells you anything."

Andie (Ringwald), of course, was a high schooler navigating an innocent yet enthralling love triangle. Her friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer) is secretly madly in love with her, but she is distracted because popular kid Blane (Andrew McCarthy) has fallen for her against all odds.