Robe Lowe, is literally one of the most versatile actors of all time. He's been in Salem's Lot, The Outsiders, Behind the Candelabra, and most notably Parks and Recreation. Yesterday, Lowe sat down and did an AMA at Reddit and it's one of the more interesting ones to have taken place. Here are some of the best questions and answers from the session:
Apparently, Rob Lowe is deaf in his right ear:
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His insane character, Eddie Nero from Californication, has real world inspiration:
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The Parks and Recreation cast members are very similar to their characters:
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Oh, and the box in question is the same one Ron Swanson gifted Chris and Anne at their going away party:
Nobel Prize winning Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is Retta's (Donna Meagle) aunt:
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There are a few role Rob Lowe was up for that he regrets not getting:
Some roles I came close to getting, other roles I had no shot at getting.But over the years, I really wanted to be Jerry Maguire, I really wanted Kevin Bacon's part in Footloose, I would have loved to have done Andrew Lloyd Weber's male lead in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. But happily, there haven't been that many others.
Playing Dr. Jack Startz in Behind the Candleabra took a ton of preparation:
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Lowe reveals how he got involved with The Outsiders:
Francis Ford Coppola was going to be the director. And he remains one of my favorite directors. And that it was clear that the best young actors of the time were all competing for the roles, so I wanted to win that survival of the fittest.
Lowe talks about his upcoming Comedy Central project, Moonbeam City:
WOW, so excited that you know about it already! Moonbeam City is a new cartoon that I am starring in for Comedy Central that probably won't be on the air until very early next year, and it is hilarious, wildly politically incorrect, and very very very wrong. It takes place in Moonbeam City, America's most swinging and dangerous city in 1985, and I am the coolest, most bitchin' top cop, who probably causes more crimes than he actually solves.
Rashida Jones apparently left Parks and Recreation to write some top secret big movie:
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