I was 9 and got dragged to see a movie by my older female cousin.
I remember I didn't want to see this movie at all, and just wanted to go back home and go swimming.
But my cousin was 16, able to overpower me, and she made me go. And the movie we saw changed my life forever: It was "16 Candles." From the moment Jake Ryan (played by the gorgeous Michael Schoeffling) came on screen, I had goose bumps. I had never felt so instantly attracted to anyone like that before.
Feelings and sensations were suddenly unlocked for me, that I'd never felt before. And by the end of the movie, I was sobbing with all the teenage girls in the Cineplex.
After the movie, I would pray to wake up one day and be Molly Ringwald, so that I could go off and marry Jake. I was convinced he was the man for me.
To this day, men who resemble Michael Schoeffling still get my blood boiling. Thus, my second gay crush was on Matt Dillon, because to me he had the same physical attributes: dark hair, thick brows, smoldering looks...
Whew, is it hot in here? :)
Scott - San Diego, CA
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1 comment:
Totally with you here. I was so in love with him too.
It seemed like he was poised to be such a big star, but he just made a couple movies and disappeared. I read he moved to Pennsylvania got married and makes furniture.
Dreamy.
At least he's also in "Longtime Companion," very briefly, so I can still see him when I watch that great movie.
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