Although 'Heathers' (1988) is considered a cult classic, it was a career liability for star Winona Ryder after its release.

Winona Ryder says that producers dropped her from a movie with Marlon Brando after they saw 'Heathers,' which they thought was making fun of teen suicide.

Winona Ryder said she lost out on a movie with Marlon Brando because of her role in the subversive 1989 comedy Heathers, now regarded as a cult classic. In a new profile for Elle UK, Ryder recounted how she was told that she would "never work again" if she took on the role of Veronica Sawyers. And "I did lose a job," she said.