Rob Lowe Looks back on his 1984 cover for Interview Magazine

Actor Rob Lowe looks back on his 1984 cover story for Interview Magazine Spring 2023 issue.

Rob Lowe was Hollywood’s newest heartthrob when he met Jodie Foster at the Park Lane Hotel so she could interview him for this magazine’s May 1984 cover story. Lowe, who was 20 at the time, was riding high from his breakout role in The Outsiders the year before, while he and Foster were coming down from the overwhelming experience of shooting their drama The Hotel New Hampshire. “We did the interview and then went to a club called Area,” says the 59-year-old actor today. “If I had to look back on not only the year, but the month and the week and the day, it was probably the most fun time of my life.” 

“In those days, clubs were completely democratic. You’d have street artists, drug dealers, society women…Coke was still good for you, we thought.”

Rob Lowe

The story was executed by Ben Barna, photographed by Christian Coppola and styled by Grant Woolhead.

Find the story in the current Spring 2023 issue here.

Don’t miss Rob Lowe on 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Story By Ben Barna
Photographed by Christian Coppola
Styled by Grant Woolhead
Hair by Addie Markowitz #AddieMarkowitz
Makeup by Anny Kim @annyk.makeup