"I felt that I needed to do it myself," Estevez quipped back, before noting that the reunion felt "special" given that C2E2 takes place in Chicago, the city in which "The Breakfast Club" was shot.

Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and Emilio Estevez in 'The Breakfast Club', 1985. Credit ... where the iconic coming-of-age film was shot. For the panel, the five actors discussed making the film ...

The five eclectic members of “The Breakfast Club” — “a brain, an athlete, a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal” — are the blueprint for Hollywood’s American high school.