{"id":607098,"date":"2026-09-05T22:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T22:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607098\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T22:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T22:12:11","slug":"rob-lowe-reveals-dastardly-nemesis-who-snagged-huge-film-roles-over-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/607098\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Lowe Reveals \u2018Dastardly Nemesis\u2019 Who Snagged Huge Film Roles Over Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rob Lowe<\/a> recently revealed that a “dastardly” A-list actor was his “nemesis” in the ’80s and ’90s.<\/p>\n

In an interview with the New York Post<\/a> published on September 5, Lowe, 62, opened up about losing out on two massive films, one in 1996 and another in 1986, to the same star. Hint: It was someone he co-starred with in the 1983 film The Outsiders<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“That dastardly Tom Cruise<\/a> was always a nemesis,” he declared. “I remember reading Jerry Maguire<\/a> \u2026 and they were like, ‘Tom Cruise.’ I also remember reading Top Gun<\/a> and going, ‘Oh, this movie is going to be f***ing massive.’ They were like, ‘Tom Cruise.'”<\/p>\n

Indeed, Cruise, 64, played Jerry Maguire in the film of the same name, as well as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in the action-drama franchise. Jerry Maguire\u00a0ultimately brought in $273.6 million worldwide at the box office, while Top Gun grossed roughly $360 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

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For Top Gun, Matthew Modine<\/a> was offered the role but turned it down. When asked if he regretted the decision, Modine told Salon<\/a> in 2020. “Not for one second. Cruise said that he felt that Top Gun\u00a0was a movie about individualism and personal strength. I just thought the movie was jingoistic.”<\/p>\n

Similarly, Tom Hanks<\/a> was the first choice for Jerry Maguire, and Edward Burns<\/a> was the second choice.<\/p>\n

Lowe also set the record straight about a rumor that he was under consideration to star in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off<\/a> (1986); the role ultimately went to Matthew Broderick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“John Hughes<\/a> never got what I was selling,” Lowe claimed of the Ferris Bueller director. “I met with John once and it’s not like he didn’t have a lot of parts I could have done. When you really look at it, there were more than a few parts, multiple parts in some movies. Never. Phone never rang.”<\/p>\n

Can you imagine Lowe starring in Jerry Maguire\u00a0or Top Gun?<\/p>\n

Top Gun, streaming on Paramount+; Jerry Maguire, streaming on Hulu and Disney+<\/p>\n

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