Andrew McCarthy and Molly Ringwald in 'Pretty in Pink' Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Here is something Andrew McCarthy did not do before he agreed to star in Pretty in Pink: read the script. "I needed a job and I needed the $50,000 they were going to pay me," the actor, 63, tells host Seth Abramovitch on this week's episode of It Happened in Hollywood.