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Emilio Estevez has opened up in regards to the “nightmare” expertise he had working with director Joel Schumacher on the beloved Eighties film “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
The “Mighty Ducks” star, 62, mentioned the making of the Brat Pack traditional throughout his look on Thursday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast when host Josh Horowitz requested him to call “the worst note a director has ever given” him. Estevez didn’t maintain again.
“Have a good f–king time,’” the actor replied, recalling what the “St. Elmo’s Fire” director advised him whereas “screaming at the top of his lungs.” Estevez wryly added, “Here’s looking at you, Joel Schumacher.”
Launched in 1985, “St. Elmo’s Fire” premiered shortly after Estevez’s breakout efficiency in John Hughes’ iconic teen film “The Breakfast Club.” Working with Hughes couldn’t have been extra totally different than working with Schumacher, Estevez mentioned.
The “Bobby” director described Hughes as “collaborative” and somebody “who was a mentor in many ways, who was calm [and] listened,” whereas Schumacher was, in his eyes, “wildly insecure and was a nightmare on set and was a bully.”
The expertise left a long-lasting impression on Estevez, shaping the way in which he would later strategy directing. “I vowed never to speak to my actors that way, if I ever got a chance to direct,” he mentioned. “In 1984, I thought, ‘This is the best lesson a young actor who wants to direct could ever get.’ Thank you, Joel.”
“St. Elmo’s Fire” facilities on a close-knit group of latest school graduates going through the ups and downs of grownup life and relationships. The forged featured a number of distinguished members of the so-called Brat Pack, together with Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore and Andrew McCarthy.
Schumacher, who would go on to helm a various vary of movies together with “The Lost Boys,” “Flatliners,” “Batman Forever” and “The Phantom of the Opera” handed away in June 2020 on the age of 80.
Elsewhere within the podcast, Estevez provided an replace on a sequel to “St. Elmo’s Fire,” sharing that Sony Photos is “fast-tracking” the movie. The challenge is being written by Stuart Blumberg (“The Kids Are All Right”) and produced by Will Gluck (“Anyone But You”), although a director has but to be chosen.
As for bringing again the unique forged, Estevez mentioned, “I know Rob [Lowe] is keen on it.” The star added, “It will really depend on the script. But I know the studio’s keen on it.”
Lowe, 61, beforehand confirmed that “St. Elmo’s Fire” sequel talks have been ongoing. “We’ve met with the studio and I have been talking about doing it for about four months,” he revealed in a July 2024 interview with Leisure Tonight.
The “West Wing” actor additionally spoke in regards to the challenge in a latest episode of his “Literally! with Rob Lowe” podcast, saying, “The script has to come in and we all have to like it but everybody wants to do it. Everybody’s on board.”
Lowe defined that curiosity within the sequel has been fueled by the latest Brat Pack documentary, “Brats.”
“‘Brats’ helped it and it was just, like, ‘Yes we are doing it,’” he mentioned. “The script is being written.”
