Rob Lowe: Outsider Turned Hollywood Insider | 250
Even the Rich
Wondery
4.3 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Just in time for the election, we’ve got an 80s idol who’s no stranger to the real “West Wing.” He’s Rob Lowe - Hollywood’s comeback kid. After reaching the top of the Hollywood hierarchy as part of the “Brat Pack,” everything comes crashing down for the “About Last Night” star. A graphic sex tape featuring Rob gets leaked to the media and spreads like wildfire. His career takes a major hit and steers him toward addiction. But - like a phoenix from the ashes - Rob climbs back up the Hollywood ladder, proving he’s here to stay.
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| 0:12.0 | So, Eresha, earlier today, I asked you if you knew anything about the Brat Pack, and you said, the Frank Sinatra group. |
| 0:22.4 | Okay. So I'm going to say no. I mean, once I clarified who you were talking about, I did know. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. |
| 0:29.3 | Something. Yeah. Sure, of course. You didn't say anything, but sure. Well, but today we are talking about |
| 0:35.8 | an OG bratpacker. |
| 0:40.5 | He's an 80s heartthrob that's aged like fine wine. |
| 0:45.1 | I'm talking, of course, about the one and only, Mr. Rob Lowe. |
| 1:01.0 | It's a stormy winter day in 1982, and 17-year-old Rob Lo is jogging through a downpour toward the biggest audition of his life. |
| 1:13.3 | At this point in his acting career, he's had some minor success. He did a short-lived ABC sitcom, a Carl's Jr. commercial with L.A. Newscaster Regis Phil Philbin and a few ABC after-school specials. |
| 1:18.4 | But he's having trouble breaking into films and getting the parts the other actors his age are getting. |
| 1:26.7 | Recently, he started to lose hope and told his agents he's getting ready to throw in the towel and go to Gasp College. |
| 1:29.5 | Oh, how awful. I know. Honestly. Oh, how awful. |
| 1:30.5 | I know. |
| 1:31.6 | Honestly, though, how awful? |
| 1:32.3 | Yes. |
| 1:37.2 | But they've gotten Rob an audition for a new film that's in the works called The Outsiders. |
| 1:40.2 | His agents are convinced it's going to be big. |
| 1:43.1 | Rob has already been through three rounds of auditions, but today, this cold, rainy-ass day |
| 1:47.0 | is huge. He'll be reading for the director himself, Francis Ford Coppola. No biggie. |
| 1:54.3 | Rob quickly realized that this will not be the typical low-key office reading he'd expected. It looks |
| 2:00.1 | more like a cattle call, with a shitload |
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