Andrew McCarthy
American actor, director, and writer
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- Brat Pack
- In Brat Pack: New York magazine and the Brat Pack label
…Cruise, Penn, Hutton, Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, and Nicolas Cage. Blum did not include any actresses, only briefly mentioning Demi Moore (a St. Elmo’s Fire cast member) and Melissa Gilbert (former star of the TV show Little House on the Prairie) in terms of their romances with Estevez and Lowe,…
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- “Pretty in Pink”
- In 12 Essential Brat Pack Flicks: Pretty in Pink (1986)
…dates a rich boy (McCarthy) almost didn’t end happily ever after. Preview audiences hated the movie’s original ending, which had McCarthy’s Blane standing up Ringwald’s Andie at the prom, leaving her to make the best of it with her goofy but lovable best friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer). The filmmakers…
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- “St. Elmo’s Fire”
- In 12 Essential Brat Pack Flicks: St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, and Mare Winningham also star. Winningham was the only one in the bunch who escaped the Brat Pack label.
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