What retirement might look like for the characters of ‘The Breakfast Club’

Forty years after we met them, the five Gen X icons from the John Hughes classic would be facing retirement. Here’s how that might look for each of them.

The five teens who make up The Breakfast Club struck a major chord with its Gen X audience, earning the film over $50 million on a $1 million budget when it was released. John Hughes created characters who felt like real teenagers—and he cast five young actors who did a bang-up job portraying these realistic kids with emotion, dignity, and humor. It felt like we were watching real people overcome their prejudices together.