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Rob Lowe Demands Credit for 'Tommy Boy' Role
20 Feb
Summary
- Rob Lowe seeks uncredited role in 'Tommy Boy' acknowledged.
- He wrote an open letter to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.
- Lowe requests his name be added above the movie title.
Actor Rob Lowe has publicly stated his desire for on-screen credit for his uncredited role as Paul in the 1995 comedy "Tommy Boy." This demand comes more than three decades after the film's initial release.
Lowe directed his appeal in an open letter to David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount and Skydance. He described the oversight as a "long-standing, important and unresolved issue" and an "atrocity" perpetrated by a previous studio regime.
In his letter, shared on his X account, Lowe implored Ellison to "be on the right side of history" by rectifying this perceived historical wrong. He specifically requested that his name be added above the "Tommy Boy" title sequence.
