Rob Lowe is able to channel his internal William “Billy” Hicks as soon as once more within the St. Elmo’s Fireplace sequel.
“We’re engaged on the script, and it’s actually getting good,” Lowe, 61, advised People in an interview printed on Sunday, June 29. “I feel it’s tremendous legitimate to revisit these characters that proceed to imply lots to individuals and watch them navigate this chapter of life, as a result of arguably this chapter of life is each bit as attention-grabbing and fraught as — ‘What do I do after I get out of school?’”
The 1985 movie adopted a bunch of current Georgetown alums looking for their very own manner of their early 20s. The star-studded forged included the likes of Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and extra.
Practically 4 a long time later, Lowe teased that the sequel was on the horizon.
“We’ve met with the studio and I’ve been speaking about doing it for about 4 months,” he advised Leisure Tonight in 2024, noting that the joy round Brats “solely added to the joy round it.” (The 2024 documentary shed perception into the “Brat Pack” moniker coined by a New York Journal journalist, referring to the group of actors who starred in traditional coming-of-age movies together with St. Elmo’s Fireplace.)
He continued, “Nevertheless it’s very, very, very, very, very early phases. So we’ll see.”
Lowe confirmed in February that the St. Elmo’s Fireplace sequel was in improvement.
“We’re placing collectively St. Elmo’s Fireplace 2. So we’re again working collectively…We’re gonna see what these persons are doing at our ages now. This can be a actual factor,” Lowe mentioned throughout an look on Jimmy Kimmel Stay on the time. “I do know. It’s nice. It sounds prefer it may very well be a bit, however [you’d] additionally go, ‘Wait a minute, I’d see that.’ Once we did the unique, we had been on the duvet of Rolling Stone. Now we’ll be on the duvet of AARP, however it’s nonetheless gonna be nice.”
Rob Lowe says a sequel to St. Elmo’s Fireplace is within the works. Lowe, 60, teased the challenge throughout an interview with Leisure Tonight on Monday, July 29. “We’ve met with the studio and I’ve been speaking about doing it for about 4 months,” the actor revealed of plans for a possible follow-up. […]
In March, Lowe claimed that all the group was sport for the St. Elmo’s Fireplace sequel. “The script has to return in and all of us have to love it however everyone desires to do it,” Lowe mentioned on an episode of his “Actually with Rob Lowe” podcast on the time. “All people’s on board.”
When relaying the information to former Parks and Recreation costar Adam Scott, Lowe instructed that his pal might make a cameo within the sequel.
“I might do something. I may very well be a waiter on the restaurant,” Scott mentioned, to which Lowe replied, “Try to be the waiter who’s actually simply milking it. Like, you must have moved on however you form of like hanging out.”