I didn’t know whether he loved or hated me, but he kept bringing me back. He was intimidating as hell, his face betrayed absolutely no emotion. Among the actors whom Fred Roos helped bring to fame were Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, and Al Pacino. Fred cast Francis Coppola’s early movies as well as George Lucas’s. After I made it past Janet, I read for the film’s producer, Fred Roos. She has been good to me in the past, and even though I have never gotten a job on her watch, she has brought me back whenever she felt I might be right for a part. Originally I met with Janet Hirshenson, the casting director, who was seeing every male actor in Hollywood between the ages of 15 and 30. This will be my fourth audition for The Outsiders. In my hand I have the five-page scene I will be reading. Thunder and lightning crackle as I hunker down in my Mazda, parked just outside the front gates.
THE OUTSIDERS ROB LOWE MOVIE
Good students and serious about school, we are hardly pro-level hellions, but we have some fun.Ī vicious winter storm sends driving rain into the streets in front of Francis Ford Coppola’s personal movie empire, Zoetrope Studios. Along with Chris Steenolsen and Josh Kerns, we hang out and steal booze, go to beach parties and on road trips in Josh’s gigantic hand-painted “road beast”-a 1969 Impala. Jeff’s a huge Bjrn Borg fan, while I’m a Connors man, and we spend hours on the tennis court, attempting to learn the new “topspin” forehand. Jeff Abrams and I follow Magic Johnson’s arrival in L.A. Am I already a has-been? Luckily, I’ve made some great friends despite the time I’ve spent on my career. I promise myself I won’t be one of the deluded ones, being the last to know that my moment didn’t come, and that I should’ve hung it up long ago. I’ve had just enough success to keep me chasing the dream, but not enough to ensure a career.
Soon I’ll have to start thinking about college and possibly reconsider my life’s direction. There are plenty of dedicated, talented actors destined for jobs they hate, chasing in vain a dream that will never come. posse-the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, and Tom Cruise.BUFF AND HUMBLE Rob Lowe poolside at his home in Montecito, California. In his soon-to-be-published memoir, the star relives the competition among his L.A. Elmo’s Fire to The West Wing and, now, Parks and Recreation) is modern matinee-idol history.
About to walk away from Hollywood, in 1982, Rob Lowe went for one last audition: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Outsiders, which had every aspiring young actor jockeying for a role.
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