It should have been Duckie!
Did you ever see the John Hughes movie Pretty in Pink? If so, how did you find the ending? Did it feel like there was something amiss? I always thought that Andie (Molly Ringwald) should've chosen Duckie (Jon Cryer) in the end, after all he was there for her all the time -- especially when Blane (Andrew McCarthy), the guy she ended up choosing, did not stand up for her in front of his rich, snobby friend Steff and the rest of the billionaire boys & girls club. What was that all about? Well, the truth is what we saw was not the original ending. Prince Charming should've been Duckie like we knew in our hearts all along: The Pretty in Pink (Everything's Duckie Edition) DVD has a featurette called "The Lost Dance" which describes the original ending wherein Duckie ends up getting the girl. It was also revealed that test audiences said they would have preferred to see Blane win Andie's heart. Additionally, Molly Ringwald was sick during the filming of the ending and John Hughes wasn't satisfied with the editing. He was also concerned that audiences would take the original ending as a message that poor people and rich people don't belong together. The truth is, I actually liked Pretty in Pink the first time I saw it in the 80s, even though I felt bad for Duckie at the end of the movie. Learning the truth a couple of decades later stirred up that feeling again. Read on and I'll show you why I, and a lot of other movie fans, think Duckie deserved a chance.
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