Shailene Woodley Didn’t Know Who Molly Ringwald Was on ‘Secret Life’

Shailene Woodley initially didn’t notice her mom in The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager was really an ’80s teen icon.

The actress revealed throughout a latest look on Self-importance Honest’s “Scene Choice” that she had no concept who Molly Ringwald was once they first began working collectively on the ABC Household drama, which ran from 2008 to 2013. Ringwald performed Anne Juergens, the mom of Woodley’s Amy Juergens, on the present.

“I didn’t know who Molly Ringwald was,” Woodley confessed. “I used to be 15, didn’t develop up with a TV. Like, each considered one of my dad and mom’ mates have been like, ‘You’re working with Molly Ringwald!’ And I used to be like, ‘What’s her…. Why? I don’t get it.’ As a result of I had by no means seen Breakfast Membership or Sixteen Candles or any of her movies.”

Nonetheless, the Three Girls actress stated having not watched any of director John Hughes’ movies that launched Ringwald to stardom as a youngster really labored out in the long run.

“I acquired to know her as simply this, like, lovely older sister motherly determine to me, who was actually protecting of honoring, like, my authenticity as an adolescent and who I used to be and simply being, like, a kiddo enjoying a kiddo,” Woodley defined. “She protected me in that manner and I’m so grateful for that as a result of there’s a stress for individuals to develop up in a short time, particularly in terms of Hollywood.”

The Divergent star added that she “discovered quite a bit” engaged on The Secret at a younger age, together with storytelling and “the sorts of messages that I need to be placing into the world or possibly not placing into the world.”

Whereas Ringwald was already well-known as soon as The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager premiered, it was Woodley’s first time starring position on a TV present.