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

Winona Ryder opted to stand by her iconic dark comedy "Heathers," and it ultimately cost her a gig starring alongside Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando. Ryder has long been open that she decided to star in the 1989 dark comedy "Heathers" against warnings from her agents at the time.

In “Heathers,” Ryder played Veronica Sawyer, who is involved in her high school’s mean girl clique. She becomes romantically involved with JD Dean (Christian Slater), who goes on a revenge tour by killing his classmates and staging their deaths as suicides.