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My favourite bit of trivia about this film is that the original plot was dropped when the casting fell through.Pretty in Pink
The original casting wasn't supposed to be Cryer as Duckie, but Ringwald's IRL friend Robert Downey Jr.
Predictably therefore, the original plot did involve Ringwald getting together with her devoted simp Duckie at the end, because hello, RDJ.
When that fell through, Hughes made the decision to actively cast someone in the role who wasn't a realistic romantic proposition for Ringwald, and rewrote the script to hand her Andrew McCarthy as her trophy at the end. The dialogue was also rewritten to make Duckie less sympathetic and less attractive as a character.
It fascinates me because Pretty in Pink is a completely different movie because of a schedule conflict, and all the more interesting for it.
Also, them kids don't know about the iconic status of Molly R in the 80s. That was Our Girl until Winona came along.