Among Molly Ringwald’s iconic teenage roles was For Keeps, the story of a pregnant high-schooler who chooses to keep her child. Last night, she told me what still bothers her about the movie and her problem with Bristol Palin’s message.
At the party for Molly Ringwald’s new book, Getting The Pretty Back, I asked her about that movie, in part because she’s probably less sick of talking about it versus Sixteen Candles, and in part because I think it’s a good topic for our Girls On Film series (more on that forthcoming!). What she said about her experience with the movie was pretty interesting:
“When I made the movie, I really did want to make a realistic movie about what it was like to be a teenage mother. Unfortunately, the script I wanted to do wasn’t exactly the movie it became,” she said. What was different? “Well, it just became a lot more sort of, us against them, and they sort of triumphed in the end. And I just think that realistically when you make that decision it’s a lot harder and more complicated than the movie made it seem. Being a mother of three and being married with a husband that’s very active in their lives, it’s still difficult. But being a teenager and not finishing high school, I just think the reality of it is so much more difficult. And I would have liked to have shown that more.”
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