Molly Ringwald

There was never any doubt that at the end of Pretty in Pink, our Cinderella would go to the ball. Sure, it might have been in a flamingo-pink dress best left in the decade the film was released–the ’80s–but there was one question: who would be her Prince Charming?

The film, written by teen-genre legend John Hughes (of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off fame), originally saw Molly Ringwald’s Andie end up blissfully happy with Duckie, her wisecracking, long-suffering best friend, played by Jon Cryer. In the original ending, director Howard Deutch recalled, Ringwald and Cryer dance the night away in a “swirl of pink”.

There was only one problem, and his name was Blane. Impossibly gorgeous, Blane (played by Andrew McCarthy, who Ringwald suggested for the role because she thought he was cute) is the rich kid who courts Andie, then rejects