“Law & Order” fans, you have Rob Lowe to thank for the entire franchise. As does Dick Wolf’s bank account. At least, Lowe says with his tongue a bit in cheek (but also with so…
, Lowe starred in Wolf’s 1988 feature flop “Masquerade.” It was just the kind of movie disappointment that would have sent Wolf back to TV — and two years later, “Law & Order” premiered. “I remember him saying to me how frustrated he was in the movie business, that he was going to write a pilot,” Lowe said. “And he wrote ‘Law and Order.’ And the rest is history. You’re welcome. Yeah, I’m happy to provide the bomb that powers your rise to dominance.
Rob Lowe sat down with Variety’s Emily Longeretta and Michael Schneider to talk a bit about the father/son dynamic that led to “Unstable,” and what it’s like to work together. Lowe also shares how he wasn’t keen at first with the idea of his son joining the family business, and whether that has changed. He also gets into his world inside the Ryan Murphy universe via “9-1-1: Lone Star,” and what else he’d like to do with Murphy. And then there’s a surprising amount of talk about “The Grinder.
What they came up with was an idea where Jackson is Ellis’ practical son who’s managed to stay away from the family business — until his father needs him. His agitation toward his dad’s eccentric practices comes to the forefront as the two are forced to look past their differences to save the company.
But here’s where they differ: On “Unstable,” Ellis wants Jackson to emulate his career and lifestyle. In real life, Lowe never wanted John Owen to join the family business. “I wanted Johnny to continue his stem cell biology career that he got into Stanford with. Of course, after graduating and coming out of Stanford, he came home and said, ‘I want to be an actor.’ I prepared to jump off of a building. He could have saved me a lot of money.
Speaking of “9-1-1,” with the original series moving to ABC and “Lone Star” staying put on Fox, the question of future crossovers between the two shows remains murky. But Lowe says he thinks they will continue: “Oh I think we will,” he says.
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