Original sentence: Michael has been unable to duplicate the same level of success he saw with his role in Sixteen Candles, and in various magazine and newspaper interviews stated the lack of roles and a family to feed were his reasons for retiring from acting.On Valentine's Day of 2004 a full twenty years after the film's American premiere, the Washington Post ran an article entitled "Real Men Can't Hold a Match to Jake Ryan of Sixteen Candles", which celebrated Michael, and his character Jake's enduring popularity.Schoeffling is best known for his role as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, serving as a legendary lust object amongst generations of fans.The public and the media claims he owns a store but nobody seems to know where it is
Edited sentence: In 2004, twenty years after the film's American premiere, the Washington Post ran an article entitled "Real Men Can't Hold a Match to Jake Ryan of Sixteen Candles", which discussed the appeal of the character "Jake".Schoeffling is best known for his role as Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles, playing the popular, yet senstive, high school athelete that Ringwald's character has a crush on.Schoeffling's did not continue with the level of success he saw with his role in Sixteen Candles, and in various magazine and newspaper interviews stated the lack of roles and a family to feed were his reasons for retiring from acting