They didn\u2019t show Lowe the money.<\/p>\n
Rob Lowe revealed to The Post the one A-lister who kept getting the roles he was up for back in the \u201980s and \u201990s: \u201cThat dastardly Tom Cruise was always a nemesis.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember reading \u2018Jerry Maguire\u2019 . . . and they were like, \u2018Tom Cruise.\u2019 I also remember reading \u2018Top Gun\u2019 and going, \u2018Oh, this movie is going to be f\u2013king massive.\u2019 They were like, \u2018Tom Cruise<\/a>.’\u201d<\/p>\n Rob Lowe revealed to The Post that he read for the role of Maverick in \u201cTop Gun,\u201d which ultimately went to Tom Cruise. \u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/p>\n The Brat Pack actor, 62, also dispelled the rumor that he was in the running for the lead in \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off,\u201d which ultimately went to Matthew Broderick.<\/p>\n \u201cNo, that\u2019s a big regret,\u201d said Lowe, adding that the director of the 1986 hit comedy was never interested in casting him. <\/p>\n \u201cJohn Hughes never got what I was selling,\u201d he said of the famed late filmmaker who was behind \u201980s classics like \u201cThe Breakfast Club\u201d and \u201cSixteen Candles.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI met with John once and it\u2019s not like he didn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Lowe, who got his breakthrough role at 18 in 1983\u2019s \u201cThe Outsiders<\/a>\u201d and went on to star in films like \u201cSt. Elmo\u2019s Fire,\u201d \u201cYoungblood\u201d and \u201cAbout Last Night<\/a>,\u201d believes he knows why he wasn\u2019t considered by Hughes.<\/p>\n Lowe starred in the 1986 romantic comedy-drama \u201cAbout Last Night\u201d alongside Demi Moore. \u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \u201cI have a theory about it; I think I was actually already too well known,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cJohn put in people who [weren\u2019t] already well known. He made people well known. At least that\u2019s what I tell myself to make myself feel better for not getting a role in \u2018The Breakfast Club.’\u201d<\/p>\n