Editing Emilio Estevez (section)

===Brat Pack years===
Estevez received much attention during the 1980s for being a member of the [[Brat Pack]] and was credited as the leader of the group of young actors.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Blum |first=David |author-link=David Blum |date=June 10, 1985|title=Hollywood's Brat Pack |journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |pages=40–47}}</ref> Estevez and [[Rob Lowe]] established the Brat Pack when cast as supporting "Greasers" in an early Brat Pack movie, ''[[The Outsiders (film)|The Outsiders]]'' based on the [[The Outsiders (novel)|novel]]. Lowe was cast as [[C. Thomas Howell]]'s older brother Sodapop and Estévez as Two-Bit Mathews. During production, he approached his character as a laid-back guy and thought up Two-Bit's interest in [[Mickey Mouse]], shown by his uniform of Mickey Mouse T-shirts and watching of cartoons.

Besides his roles in ''In the Custody of Strangers'' and ''The Outsiders'', his credits include [[NBC-TV]]'s thrillers ''[[Nightmares (1983 film)|Nightmares]]'' and ''[[Tex (film)|Tex]]'', the 1982 film version of another [[S.E. Hinton]] story. He bought the movie rights to a third Hinton book, ''[[That Was Then, This Is Now]]'', and wrote the screenplay. His father predicted he would have to direct to feel the full extent of his talents, describing him as "an officer, not a soldier."<ref name="aimster"/>

After ''The Outsiders'', Estevez appeared as the punk-rocker turned car-repossessor Otto Maddox in the film ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]'' before co-starring in ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' and ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]''. Following the success of these back-to-back Brat Pack films, he starred in ''[[That Was Then, This Is Now (film)|That Was Then, This Is Now]]'' (which he co-wrote), the horror film ''[[Maximum Overdrive]]'' (for which he was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry Award]]), and the crime drama ''[[Wisdom (film)|Wisdom]]'' (with fellow Brat Packer [[Demi Moore]]). Estevez was originally cast in ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' to be Private Chris Taylor but was forced to drop out after production was delayed for two years; the role eventually went to his younger brother Charlie Sheen.<ref name="dt">{{cite web|url=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/57093/what-about-emilio/|title=What About Emilio?|last=Kiebus|first=Matt|date=March 1, 2011|publisher=deathandtaxesmag|access-date=March 6, 2011}}</ref> He went on to lead roles in the comedy/action film ''[[Stakeout (1987 film)|Stakeout]]'' and the westerns ''[[Young Guns (film)|Young Guns]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php/2014_00565|title=Interviews with the Cast of Young Guns (1988)|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image|access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Young Guns II]]''.