The Brat Pack is back.
A new trailer for the documentary “Brats” about the Brat Pack shows the famous ’80s stars reuniting.
As director Andrew McCarthy – who is also a member of the Brat Pack – says in the trailer, the phenomenon started with the 1985 New York magazine cover that gave the stars the now-iconic label.
“I just remember seeing that cover and thinking, ‘Oh, f–k,’ ” he says.
“From then on, my career and the career of everyone who was involved was branded to the Brat Pack …I’ve never talked to anybody about what that was like. So, I thought it might be interesting to try and contact everyone who was in the Brat Pack.”
The nickname was given to the actors who appeared in the ensemble of classic ‘80s films such as “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “The Breakfast Club” and “Pretty in Pink.”
The actors include McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Rob Lowe, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Timothy Hutton.
Nelson previously said that he refused to participate in the doc.
Onscreen, McCarthy reaches out to the other Brat Pack members. When he connects with Estevez, the “Breakfast Club” star admits that he’s spent years avoiding discussing the topic.
“I turned everything down,” Estevez says. But, he agreed to participate in this new project, “Because you called me,” he tells McCarthy. “It was time that we clear the air on a couple things.”
Lowe then says, “Being in the Brat Pack not only changed all of our lives, it changed … what entertainment is.”
He added: “I hated the Brat Pack for decades, what a f–king disaster.”
Moore is shown saying, “It really irritated me.”
For many of the stars, this documentary was their first time talking to each other in decades.
“I hadn’t seen Rob Lowe in 30 years, Emilio Estevez in 35 years,” McCarthy told Salon.
“Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy, I hadn’t seen them in so long. I went to each of them and said, ‘Hey, will you talk to me about this? Because we were members of a club that we didn’t ask to join that no one else was. We’re the only ones that know what it was like.’ “
“Brats” premieres on Hulu June 13.
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