Aside from the BTTF sequels, she went on to appear in a slew of movies, including Casual Sex?, Dennis the Menace, and, more recently, Clint Eastwood's J. Since Some Kind of Wonderful's release, Thompson has remained a busy actress. It turned out to be a good decision, since this is one of the characters she's most associated with.

Post-flop panic, coupled with a rewrite that gave Amanda some added depth, convinced her to change her mind. Her feelings changed after her next intended blockbuster, Howard the Duck, bombed miserably. The actress had already achieved major success playing Marty McFly's mom in Back to the Future, and she wasn't sure the character was all that interesting. Lea Thompson originally turned down the role of Amanda Jones, the girl from the poor part of town who nevertheless gets to hang with the rich kids because of her beauty.

Here's Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Some Kind Of Wonderful. To celebrate the anniversary of this thoughtful and poignant movie, we tracked down fifteen key cast members to see what they're up to these days. The theme worked this time, thanks in part to an ace cast. This time, the lead character realized that his best pal was actually his true love, not the unattainable girl in a different social strata. He wrote Some Kind of Wonderful to give the idea a second chance. Hughes didn't care for that conclusion, feeling that his intended message got lost.

Test audiences hated that ending, so a new one was shot that found Andie ending up with Blane. The original ending found Andie (Molly Ringwald) ending up with Duckie (Jon Cryer) after her crush Blane (Andrew McCarthy) backed out of their prom date under pressure from his friends. Hughes wrote Pretty in Pink to explore the ways in which socioeconomic issues affect teenage relationships. If the plot sounds like a gender-swapped version of Pretty in Pink.well, it is.

The movie wasn't a particularly big hit - it accrued only $18 million at the North American box office - but its afterlife on home video and cable has turned it into a certified teen classic. This occurs to the great consternation of his best friend, a free-spirited drummer named Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), who's secretly in love with him. The movie, written by the great John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch, tells the story of working-class high schooler Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), who works up the courage to ask out his dream girl, Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), despite the fact that she runs with a more popular, affluent crowd. Some Kind of Wonderful is 30 years old this year.

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