Rob Lowe Had a Crush on a ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ Costar
Members of the Brat Pack — the clique of young Hollywood actors who appeared in movies like The Breakfast Club, The Outsiders and St. Elmo’s Fire — having been getting nostalgic lately, with St. Elmo’s Fire star Rob Lowe becoming the most recent Brat Packer to dish some ’80s dirt. Lowe recently appeared on SiriusXM’s Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa and revealed that while filming St. Elmo’s, he had a crush on a costar.
He admitted that he initially had a crush on Demi Moore, which turned into a short fling before she went on to date and become engaged to Emilio Estevez. They called off their engagement in 1986, and just about a year later, Moore got married to actor Bruce Willis. They remained together until 2000.
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Lowe explained, “Anytime you put young 20-something men and women together, hookups are inevitable. I don’t think that has changed.” Meanwhile, Lowe went on to marry Sheryl Berkoff in 1991; they have been together ever since and share two sons.
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Lowe has gotten especially close with his son John Owen, due to working together on the show Unstable. On the show, they play a father-son duo. The show was canceled after two seasons, and it wasn’t always easy for them to work together. John Owen explained, “Like two weeks into filming the first season, I had a legitimate little mental breakdown. Like, I walked off set, and I went into my trailer, and I went ‘Oh, s—.’ I was trying to become my own person and get distance away from him, and I am now his costar. My face is next to his on a one-sheet, and I will be doing press with him. It was like all these realizations dawned on me.”
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He added that he talked to his representatives and said, “They were like, ‘Chill out.’ They helped me find the healthy perspective, where it’s like, you should feel grateful that you get to do this, for a variety of reasons. Namely, my dad won’t be around forever. It’ll be amazing that we shared this together. And B, it’s hard to work in the entertainment industry.”
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