Although the film catapultedWinona Ryderto cult queen status, not everyone was onboard with her role in 1988sHeathers.

They had them do a makeover on me.

Then I went back and I was like, just!

Christian Slater and Winona Ryder talk in a gas station in a still from ‘Heathers’

Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in ‘Heathers’ (1988).New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

But I actually did lose a job right when it was coming out.

Winona Ryder and Kate Winslet in ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’

Winona Ryder, Kim Walker, Lisanne Falk and Shannen Doherty inHeathers(1988). (New World/Courtesy Everett Collection)