Andrew McCarthy With the help of some of their former co-stars, they're reclaiming their Brat Pack moniker. Some of them I haven't seen in 30 years.
Spoilers for Brats ahead.
“If you came of age in the 1980s, the Brat Pack was at or near the center of your cultural awareness,” McCarthy, 61, said. Bratz Documentary, released Thursday, June 13th. “We were the people you wanted to hang out with, the people you emulated or envied. “Who did you want to party with?”
But things were “very different” for the actors in the Brat Pack, he added. “We were a group of young actors trying to build our careers and suddenly we were bound together forever, without a doubt, as this unit.”
The name Brat Pack originated in 1985. New York magazine article written by david bloom. Initially, this piece was supposed to be a profile of the following people: Emilio EstevezBut things changed after the actor gave Blum free access to his life.
“The article was poignant about all these young actors. It was so clever and witty that it immediately captured the zeitgeist and touched me deeply,” McCarthy explains, adding that some of the young stars were included in the title. He mentioned that he was “indignant.” They severed ties with other members of this “group.”
Estevez, for example, “hasn’t talked much” about the Brat Pack in the past 30 years. In fact, Estevez admitted that he agreed to talk to “clear the air” about his friendship, or lack of friendship, with McCarthy.
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Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy's anti-feud
In the documentary, as McCarthy drove to Estevez's house, it was revealed that they had never seen each other since the incident. st elmo's fire Premiered in 1985.
“I always felt like he was an insider at the club, and I always felt like an outsider,” McCarthy said. After confronting Estevez, the two said they “didn't do the movie” because of their Brat Pack associations.
The duo played the lead roles. Young people with unlimited capital, was never created. McCarthy understood that Estevez did not want to appear in the film.
McCarthy said, “I was offended, but I thought it was simply a fallout from the Brat Pack.” Estevez responded, “I didn’t want anything to do with any of us.”
The only reason Estevez decided to do so Bratz Because McCarthy called and asked. “I also thought it was time for us to clear the air about a few things,” he added.
Demi Moore's 'St. Instead of treating ‘Elmo’s fire’
The actress has been candid about her addiction issues for years, telling McCarthy: st elmo's fire It became “more important” than her life.
“They paid to have a sober companion with me 24/7 for the entire shoot. They could have easily found someone else,” Moore told McCarthy at the Brats. “They said, ‘We want you to check in.’ [to treatment].' I was like, ‘No, no, we’re starting the movie.’ They said, ‘Yes. 'What is more important, the movies or your life?' “I said it was a movie.”
She added: “I had no value to myself. I think I was so afraid of failing. My fear of losing, my eagerness to fit in and belong, and my desire to please were definitely on edge.”
'Pretty in Pink' originally had a different ending.
McCarthy also sat down. pretty pink director Howard Deutsch. (McCarthy co-starred in the film. Molly Ringwald and John Cryer.)
After the 'test screening was a disaster', the entire ending of the movie was changed.
“The original ending was that she goes on a date with Jon and they go into a dance circle and they start dancing and it ends up being a pink swirl,” Deutch recalled. “This is the most booing I’ve ever heard in my life. “Screaming, booing, yelling, throwing things.”
Rob Lowe believes the Brat Pack was the pipeline for modern TV.
Lowe told McCarthy on Brats, “TV shows like Glee, The CW… “None of this that we now take for granted would happen without the Brat Pack.” “They are not like that.”
A group of kids met a group of rats
Apparently the Brat Pack had a following. frank sinatra's rat pack. Lowe and McCarthy spent the night together. Lisa Minnelli A person I met by chance in the 1980s Sammy Davis Jr.
“It was the Brat Pack meets the Rat Pack,” recalled Lowe. He said, “When I think about the Brat Pack, I think of nights like that, because that was a regular occurrence, like being in the moment.”
David Blum thought the name was 'funny'.
The journalist never thought about how the nickname he created would affect the lives of stars.
“Looking back, yes. [it was scathing]. “It wasn’t like that at the time,” he admitted to McCarthy. “I am proud that I coined this phrase. I was 29 years old. I definitely knew it would have a reaction.”
Blum claimed that some parts of the article were “mediocre and bad,” but seemed to have no regrets.
“I definitely should have been scolded by someone, but I did,” he added. “I was just trying to be funny and I actually think – I hope not to sound too condescending – that I might have succeeded.”