“They could have easily just found someone else.”
Demi Mooreis revisiting her days on the set ofSt.
“I remember the first time I saw you, McCarthy says to Moore.
Demi Moore in ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’.Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett
We were on the soundstage at Columbia forSt.
And it was just so weird.
I just remember [thinking], Why is Joel treating her like that?'”
Andrew McCarthy, Ally Sheedy, Demi Moore, and Jon Cryer at the New York premiere screening of ‘Brats’.ABC/Michael Le Brecht II
We were all just beginning.
I didn’t have anything to really warrant him sticking by me.
They paid to have a sober companion with me 24/7 during the whole shooting."
McCarthy replies, “Did they?
I didn’t even notice.”
Want more movie news?
“They could have easily just found someone else,” Moore notes.
“Going to treatment, they were like, ‘We want you to check in.’
I’m like ‘No, no, I’m starting a movie.’
And I said, ‘The movie!
C’mon, what are you talking about?’
For me, I didn’t have any value for myself.
My need to hey was definitely on high alert.”
She remained sober for two decades before relapsing and seeking treatment in 2012.
Moore has been sober ever since.
“Why did we take it as an offense?”
“Why did we take it as something bad?”
“Well, because youre called a brat,” McCarthy offers.
“Its because we were young,” says Moore.
“And we were afraid we were brats,” adds McCarthy.
“It definitely really irritated me,” Moore admits.
“I felt a sense of it being unjust.
I just felt like it didnt represent us and felt like it was a real limited perspective.
She adds, “I look at everything as happening for us, not to us.
And you’ve got the option to’t be selective with that.
I gave it so much power.”
Bratsis streaming on Hulu.
