Talk:John Bender/@comment-2A00:23C4:F84:1200:866:8540:707:480F-20170902151348/@comment-44275313-20191111015644

Since minors (under 18) have a restricted number of work hours, directors often cast adults (typically 20-something year olds) to portray teens [they do not do stuff like have a 30 year old playing a 12 year old]--so teens on TV seem physically different than teens in real life. However, Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson) and Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish) were actually teenagers, when the movie got film.