Recasting ‘The Breakfast Club’
On the heels of bad remakes of Footloose and The Thing, Peter Travers wondered what other Eighties movie was prime for a redo. Votes cast on Twitter, Facebook and in his blog made the answer clear: The Breakfast Club.
Here, Harry Potter's Emma Watson steps out of her role as the smartest wizard of her age and into the shoes of popular girl Claire Standish, originally played by Molly Ringwald.
Photo Illustrations by Julie Holder
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Emile Hirsch as John Bender
The Into the Wild actor takes on the bad boy originally played by Judd Nelson.
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Justin Bieber as Brian Johnson
The teen heartthrob becomes the straight-laced academic overachiever originally played by Anthony Michael Hall.
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Evan Rachel Wood as Allison Reynolds
Wood, most recently known for Mildred Pierce and True Blood, steps into the "basket case" role created by Ally Sheedy.
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Micheal Cera as Richard Vernon
The indie comedy star takes a turn as the movie's much hated teacher, originally played by Paul Gleason.
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Zac Efron as Andrew Clark
The former Disney star known for playing High School Musical's basketball star, Troy Bolton, takes on "jock" Andrew Clark, originally played by Emilio Estevez.