Emilo Estevez and Andrew McCarthy were going to do a Young Men with Unlimited Capital movie before the Brat Pack article, according to Hulu’s ‘Brats’ documentary.
BRATS, the new Brat Pack documentary that began streaming on Hulu today, is less a documentary about the once-young actors known for their popular teen ’80s movies, and more a documentary about Andrew McCarthy coming to terms with the unwanted label that has followed him for nearly 40 years. But it’s also a chance for McCarthy to reconnect with his former costars—and, in the case of Emilio Estevez, clear the air about some decades-long beef.
McCarthy—who directed the film as an extension of his 2021 memoir, Brat: An ’80s Story—is a card-carrying Brat Pack member, known for his starring roles in ’80s classics like St. Elmo’s Fire, Pretty in Pink, Less than Zero, and Weekend at Bernie’s. But, as he repeatedly emphasizes throughout the film, McCarthy never wanted to be in the Brat Pack. He resents the term. In some ways, he feels, the 1985 New York Magazine article that coined the phrase completely derailed his career.
He’s not the only one who feels this way. When McCarthy (now 61) pays a visit to his St. Elmo’s Fire co-star, Emilio Estevez (now 62)—the first time they’ve seen each other since the film’s 1985 premiere, says McCarthy—Estevez reveals that he, too, was distraught by the magazine story. In fact, he was so upset, that he pulled out of a movie that he’d been set to film with McCarthy—thus taking that opportunity away from McCarthy, too.
