r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 1d ago
TIL Rob Lowe was uncredited in Tommy Boy (1995) despite having a major speaking role because at the time he was contractually obligated to a miniseries of The Stand. Instead of going through legal hoops to get out of it, he essentially agreed to be in the film as a favor to his friend, Chris Farley.
https://screenrant.com/behind-scenes-facts-about-making-of-tommy-boy-1995/#:~:text=Despite%20having%20a,friend%2C%20Chris%20Farley121
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u/Black_Otter 1d ago
“Tough break, get drunk on me. Use the bucket to ice down your marbles, Yours, Z.”.
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u/Petunio 1d ago
During production Farley & Spade got into a few arguments over who got to hang out with Rob Lowe, which seemed silly to Lowe but was apparently a huge deal to the guys.
"How's your precious Rob Lowe!" Went one of the arguments, "Guess who I was in the jacuzzi with? [...] Me and Rob" and that was another argument, and so on.
In hindsight they were both young, had to be together all the time on insane schedules and were definitely burned out.
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u/jacksonvstheworld 1d ago
This reads like two guys doing a bit and Rob not understanding that it’s a bit
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u/Complex_Professor412 1d ago
They were filming Tommy Boy in Canada and flying back to New York for SNL twice a week. I can’t imagine the burn out.
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u/Cool-Presentation538 1d ago edited 1d ago
And he doesn't have many speaking lines in The Stand
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u/twoworldsin1 1d ago
Wait, wasn't he the deaf/mute guy?
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u/pygmeedancer 1d ago
Doesn’t he speak in like a hallucination or something?
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u/po3smith 1d ago
Even his characters introduction punching the kid through the glass, throwing them empty milk carton into the baby stroller... classic!
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u/TekkenCareOfBusiness 1d ago
His friend? David Spade tells a story about a physical fight he and Chris had on the set of Tommy Boy that stemmed from Spade hanging out with Rob the previous night and not inviting Chris (because they assumed he was too jetlagged or something). Chris was jealous that Spade got to meet and hang out with Rob Lowe by himself. It ended up with Chris stepping on Spade's hand while he was crouching down eating a sandwich, and Spade tried to quit the movie before they eventually roped him back in.
It sounded like it was the 1st time either of them met him.
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u/AngkaLoeu 1d ago edited 1d ago
From what I've heard, David Spade had a wicked temper, so him and Farley must have been a volatile situation on that set.
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u/diegojones4 1d ago
Rob Lowe was on Wait Wait once and I was impressed. He seemed like a really nice guy and he was really funny.
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u/blackadder1620 1d ago
wait wait don't tell me?
npr has a few bangers.26
u/diegojones4 1d ago
Yeah. I got hooked on Car Talk, then Prairie Home Companion, Wait Wait, This American Life, All Things Considered. When I was single that was my weekend.
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u/blackadder1620 1d ago
yeah same when i delivered pizza. i have a long commute now, no such thing as a fish is great too.
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u/dkyguy1995 1d ago
NPR made me realize talk radio could actually be fun and not just Bob and Tom laughing because someone said boobs
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u/Theofeus 1d ago
Fun fact: he made a sex tape with a 16 year old when he was 24.
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u/MyOtherRideIs 1d ago
That's not fun
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u/Theofeus 1d ago
The fun part is that this whole thread is loving him but people don’t seem to care.
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u/-Wesley- 1d ago
You make it seem like it’s the same behavior as R Kelley.
Why bother judging him based on his early 20s, when he’s literally been a good actor, sober and married for nearly 4 decades?
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u/LadybugGirltheFirst 7h ago
The stupid part is you thinking that his is relevant. It’s a 40-year-old story, and the girl lied about her age. Go be edgy somewhere else.
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u/Theofeus 2h ago
As in she lied to him about it? Didn’t realize that was an excuse. Josh Giddey still gets booed every time he touches the ball in the nba
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u/mitchkramer 20h ago
Rob was a little radioactive at that point. But then he leaned into it and made Bad Influence as the antagonist. I haven’t seen that in years but I remember liking it.
It was all good after that.
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u/Greene_Mr 1d ago
They shot the movie in Ontario, and you can probably die of cirrhosis by taking a shot of vodka every time a Canadian actor appears in the film.
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u/usernamegoodenuff 1d ago
"Honey , look at this human bomb on the news..."
"Huh...oh yeah, I buy brake pads off him. I thought we were watching cartoons...."
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u/chillguy44 1d ago
“Did you eat a lot of paint chips when you were a kid?” He was great as the villain in Tommy Boy, still quote that sometimes when people do or say questionable stuff lol.