Rob Lowe
Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesRob Lowe said sequel to St. Elmo’s Fire is at work.
Lowe, 60, teased the project during an interview Entertainment Tonight on Monday, July 29.
“We’ve met with the studio and I’ve been talking about doing it for about four months,” the actor revealed of his plans for a potential follow-up. St. Elmo’s Firereleased in 1985, featuring Lowe and his fellow Brat Packers Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson as a college graduate navigating the ups and downs of young adulthood. Lowe, then in his 20s and at the height of his heartthrob powers, sported a mullet and chiseled jawline to play Billy Hicks’ troubled saxophone.
In June, McCarthy, who plays broody writer Kevin Dolenz, released a Hulu documentary Childrenabout difficulties to overcome”Brat package“label created by New York magazine reporter David Bloom that year St. Elmo’s Fire reach the theater. While McCarthy, 61, blames Blum for stalling his acting career, Lowe – who appears briefly in the doc – has come to embrace his legacy in the Brat Pack, the group of actors who embodied 1980s youth culture and starred in beloved films. movie age of The Breakfast Club for Pretty in Pink.
Rob Lowe has had quite a successful career in Hollywood, filled with its fair share of ups and downs. Lowe was born in March 1964 in Charlottesville, Virginia, but later moved to Dayton, Ohio. When he was in high school, Rob, his mother, Barbara Hepler, and his brother, Chad Lowe, moved to Malibu, California, where (…)
As for the potential St. Elmo’s Fire continuation, Lowe told Entertainment Tonight that buzz around Children has “only added to the excitement around him.”
“But it’s very, very, very, very early stages,” he said. “So we’ll see.”
The cast of “St. Elmo’s Fire,” 1985.
Silver Screen Collection / Getty ImagesCurrently, Lowe is on a press tour with his son, John Owen Lowewhile preparing for the second season of the Netflix comedy unstablewhich is set to premiere on Thursday, August 1. (John Owen, 29, has seen it St. Elmo’s Fire and called “St. Elmers.”)
On July 25 John Owen seen on SiriusXM Andhika RadioHe detailed his “mental breakdown” two weeks into the filming of the first season of the picture.
The Brat Pack is a moniker coined by journalist David Blum in a 1985 piece for New York Magazine – originally set to profile after Emilio Estevez. The article made waves by naming Hollywood’s young movie stars – but it took a long time to appreciate the nickname “It (…)
“I got off the plane and I got into my trailer, and I was like, ‘Oh s—t. I’m trying to be my own person and stay away from him and now I’m a costar. My face is next to him on one sheet and I’m going to do press with him ,'” he recalled. “It’s like this whole thing happened to me and I remember calling my representative, which was funny.”
John Owen said his reps advised him to “keep calm” because unstable it will be a good thing. He and his father portray the fictional father-son duo Ellis and Jackson Dragon, assuming a real-life dynamic. (Lowe and his wife Sheryl Berkoff with John Owen and his brother, Matthew Lowe31, which Lowe refers to as a “civil son.”)
Lowe and Berkoff, 63, a makeup artist, have been happily married for three decades – a rarity in Hollywood – and they it is reported to have been introduced in 1983 by Lowe’s Brat Pack friend Estevez, 62. In honor of the 33rd wedding anniversary on July 22, Lowe sent a sweet tribute to Berkhoff. on Instagram.
“My Love Bug has given me 33 years of love, passion and understanding,” she wrote alongside a cheeky selfie. “Add a couple of nice young men and I’m truly blessed. Happy Birthday, baby! Xoxox.”
