“It was because there was tension.

Interestingly, I saw him backstage and we had a lovely time, we had a great talk.

“But we just had no rapport whatsoever at the time.

Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer in Pretty in Pink

‘Pretty in Pink’ stars.Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock

I found out later he was going through some tough stuff.

That was such a lesson for me, it’s all about projection.

You never know.”

I was really glad that everybody seemed to recognize what an incredible contribution he made to filmmaking.