I Just Found Out Tom Cruise Was Originally Part Of The Brat Pack. So What Happened?

The “Brat Pack,” a term coined during the rise of the decade of excess, evokes memories of some of the best films of the 1980s and a group of young actors who defined a generation. The core members of this group included some of the most iconic '80s actors and important '80s actresses such as Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe , Molly Ringwald, and others who starred in classics like The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire.

However, it might surprise you to learn, because I just did, that Tom Cruise was once considered part of this illustrious group. So, what happened? In a thought-provoking guest column for Deadline , Carl Kurlander, co-writer of St. Elmo's Fire , reflects on the origins of the Brat Pack.

Kurlander explains that David Blum's infamous New York magazine article, which coined the name for the group, was inspired by a group of young actors who seemed to encapsulate the spirit of the rising MTV Generation. As the writer notes: What went viral from the article where Blum created an imagined group of hot young actors who essentially had a club, and Emilio was its president. Rob was labelled ‘most beautiful face,’ Judd ‘the overrated one,’ Sean Penn ‘most gifted’ and Tom Cruise ‘the hottest one.

’ It also included Tim Hutton as “the one with the Oscar.” Andrew seeks out Hutton for the film, calling him ‘The Godfather of The Brat Pack.’ This early grouping included the Mission: Impossible megastar, who was dubbed "the hottest one.

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