The Oscar-nominated actress insists she "wasn't gonna apologize" for her role in the 1989 dark comedy, which she still watches if she catches a screening.

At the tender age of 15, Winona Ryder received a script for Heathers.Although the film is incredibly dark, the starlet instantly fell in love with it. She knew at once that she wanted to be cast ...

"Heathers" opened on March 31, 1989, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in a deliciously dark high school comedy.

Winona Ryder and Gwyneth Paltrow were once considered one of Hollywood’s coolest friendships during the 1990s. But by the early 2000s, the once-glamorous bond had broken up, giving rise to one of the most enduring “frenemy” rumors in entertainment history.

Winona Ryder is about to chew on a candy in a scene from the film ‘Heathers’, 1988 | New World Pictures/Getty Images Ryder said, “I was unusual looking—I didn’t have the look of that time.

Winona Ryder has confessed to keeping a rotisserie chicken carcass bought by Christopher Walken. During an interview for the September 2025 issue of ELLE UK magazine, the Stranger Things actress recalled how the Hollywood legend once gave her a cooked chicken from a supermarket.