Molly Ringwald reveals she was almost cast in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ — this is why she was rejected
nypost.com“Sixteen Candles,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Breakfast Club.”But the budding actress was eager to transition to more mature roles after appearing in those coming-of-age flicks — and she came close to scoring parts in two iconic movies.
In an interview with Variety, the new 56-year-old dished on the directors she met at the end of the 1980s, saying: “I got really close on a couple movies.
I met with Mike Nichols for ‘Working Girl’ and Jonathan Demme for ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ but ultimately I was too young.”For “Working Girl,” which was released in 1988, Ringwald was presumably in talks to play plucky young secretary Tess, with the role eventually going to Melanie Griffith.
Griffith, who is a 11 years older than Ringwald, earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the part. Meanwhile, in “The Silence of the Lambs,” which hit screens in 1991, Ringwald likely would have played FBI agent Clarice Starling.
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