Rob Lowe says The Outsiders castmates such as Tom Cruise 'are my guys, my homies, my frat brothers'

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com Published: 07:00 BST, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 07:00 BST, 19 August 2024 e-mail View comments Rob Lowe compared the ensemble cast of The Outsiders - which included Tom Cruise - to his 'frat brothers' in a new interview. The 60-year-old actor, speaking with People about the Francis Ford Coppola-directed motion picture, in which he starred alongside Cruise, 62, Matt Dillon, 60, Emilio Estevez, 62, Ralph Macchio, 62, C. Thomas Howell, 57, and the late Patrick Swayze , who died at 57 in 2009 .

'Those [costars] are my guys, my homies, my frat brothers,' the Charlottesville , Virginia-born star said, noting that he 'turned 18 on-set in Tulsa' on the set of the motion picture. 'We all were deadly serious and super-competitive,' Lowe said of the core group of actors, who would go on to varying levels of stardom in the years after the film's release. The Emmy-nominated actor, who played the role of Sodapop Curtis in the movie, said that Cruise, who played Steve Randle, flashed glimpses of brilliance early on in his career.

Rob Lowe, 60, compared the ensemble cast of The Outsiders - which included Tom Cruise - to his 'frat brothers' in a new interview. Pictured in April 2023 in NYC (L-R) Emilio Es.