TheIron Manstar recalled meeting Lowe in history class and being flummoxed by how theSt.

Elmo’s Fireactor was able to successfully juggle both Hollywood and his homework.

I didnt understand how anyone could get where you were, let alone still have attendance in school.

Rob Lowe and Robert Downey Jr attend the 2011 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower Hotel on February 27, 2011 in West Hollywood, California.

Rob Lowe and Robert Downey Jr.Kevin Mazur/Wire Image

Kevin Mazur/Wire Image

In response, Lowe noted that they were just different people at the time.

Lowes shiny new car pulling up to campus each morning certainly didn’t help Downey’s jealousy.

I was in school as infrequently as possible, he said.

It had to have been a 28-, 30-foot-tall fence.

I went to prom like a gangster, he said.

Lowe and Downey werent the only Santa Monica High students who would become stars.

Listen to Downey and Lowe recall their high school days in the podcast above.