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Molly Ringwald’s First Choice for ‘Sixteen Candles’ Heartthrob

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October 23, 2015 at 2:06 AM

On Watch What Happens Live, Molly Ringwald had host Andy Cohen and guest Anderson Cooper rapt as she revealed that Sixteen Candles co-star Michael Schoeffling was not her first choice to play the dreamy Jake Ryan. Despite not landing the huge ’80s movie role, her first choice went on to have great success as an actor just the same.

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