Rob Lowe recalls boxing with 'The Outsiders' co-star Tom Cruise

Rob Lowe reflects on his younger days, including an impromptu, “competitive” boxing session with Tom Cruise.

Visiting The Rich Eisen Show During the episode that aired on Monday, July 15, the 55-year-old radio host asked Lowe, 60, to share a memory from working with Cruise, 62, before the interview ended.

Rowe was 17 years old. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning The pair shared the lead roles in Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 film adaptation of S.E. Hinton's 1967 novel, which earned them both a starring role. Outsider” he told Eisen, who plays Sodapop Curtis, one of the Greasers, while Cruise plays Steve Randle.

“He lived in Emilio [Estevez]Right after the audition at Tap“, unstable the actor recalled.

All three young actors performed together Outsider With Matt Dillon, Patrick Swayze and Diane Lane.

Lowe said he and Cruz “worked out and jogged together like running buddies,” but his favorite memory was when they both needed a break.

“He’s so competitive that we were boxing in the hotel hallways during our stay. Outsider“There's a lot of testosterone. We're 18-year-olds stuck on location, so we've got headgear on, we've got mouthguards, but we're still sparring.”

Rowe recalled that he had “arms like pipe cleaners” at the time, and compared Cruise to being “muscular” and “a beast. ” Somehow, Rowe was able to land a “really clean” shot.

“I rang his bell, and the next thing I knew I was waking up, I was on the floor regaining consciousness,” Law told Eisen, “and he'd knocked me completely out.”

“He got a black eye, but that’s what we did,” Rowe added. “That’s what guys do. Fight Club.”

In April 2020, Lowe appeared on Dax Shepard's podcast. Armchair Expert and Dax Shepard He then shared another memory from the cruise.

“All of the LA cast members won the LA auditions and then a select few had to go to New York and audition for the New York version,” he said of the auditions. Outsider“So me, Tom Cruise and Emilio [Estevez] and C. Thomas Howell.”

“[It was the] “The first time we stayed at the Plaza Hotel, we checked in and Tom was furious when he found out we were in the same room,” Rowe said with a laugh.

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Ultimately, Lowe didn't care about her co-stars' reactions.

“It was a laugh, it was a horrible game but at the end of the day you can't argue with the result. He had his eye on the ball from day one,” Lowe said.

Lowe hosts the Fox game show. floorwhich has been renewed for a second and third season, is a Fox drama series 9-1-1: Lone Star.