Andrew McCarthy explained to Us Weekly exclusively how the Brat Pack movies created the pipeline to TV shows like ‘Friends’
“The show Friends is like St. Elmo’s Fire, except a week later and funnier,” McCarthy, 61, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting his upcoming documentary, Brats. “ started the vanguard of things being about and for young people. That just didn't exist in Hollywood like that before that. … The Brat Pack was out in front of that.”
The Brat Pack movies, like St. Elmo’s Fire and The Breakfast Club, “put friendship at the center,” McCarthy explained. In Brats — spoiler alert — McCarthy sits down with some of his old costars, including the now 60-year-old Lowe. The actors discussed the cultural change that the Brat Pack had on Hollywood.
While talking with Us, McCarthy also discussed how it’s hard to recreate a phenomenon like the Brat Pack now because of how Hollywood has changed.
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