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Subject: Andrew McCarthy talks about Alcohlism
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Andrew McCarthy can admit now that he wasn't exactly in the pink while shooting the movie "Pretty in Pink."
The actor says he had a serious drinking problem at the height of his Brat Pack fame in the '80s, but he still managed to function _ and fool everyone.
"Like in 'Pretty in Pink' for example, people said, 'Oh, he's so sensitive and lovely in that movie,'" McCarthy says in an interview on ABC's "20/20," airing at 10 p.m. EST Monday.
"I was so hung over for that whole movie ... I'm thinking, 'God, I got a headache. I am just dying here. I got to go lay down.' But on film it came across a certain way."
The 41-year-old actor says he started drinking when he was about 12, before co-starring in films including "St. Elmo's Fire" and "Less Than Zero."
"It took a while for alcohol to really sort of kick my (butt), which it ended up doing completely ... maybe '88 to '92," he says. "The first Bush presidency, I like to say, I missed."
McCarthy went through a detox program and has been sober since 1992. He now appears in the ABC miniseries "Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital."
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Subject: Re: Andrew McCarthy talks about Alcohlism
That was an interesting read. Maybe that explains all his "wide eyed" strange faces. Thanks for that rubixgirl.
SmithsGirl
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Maybe his wide eyes wasn't his intensity for the character, but him trying not to pass out. I'll have to re-watch PIP and see if I notice it.
I remember reading an article interview w/ Molly R. and she said it upset her that he "had to be drunk" to kiss her. But it wasn't her, he must've just been drunk the whole time.
Its just sad that at the pinnacle of his career, he was too wasted to enjoy it.
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That was an interesting read. Maybe that explains all his "wide eyed" strange faces. Thanks for that rubixgirl.
SmithsGirl
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Maybe his wide eyes wasn't his intensity for the character, but him trying not to pass out.
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Ha Ha ! :D
SmithsGirl
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Well I think he just one of the stars from that decade that had that problem and was able to pull out of it. Glad he did though...still need to watch PIP again. :)
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I remember reading an article interview w/ Molly R. and she said it upset her that he "had to be drunk" to kiss her. But it wasn't her, he must've just been drunk the whole time.
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Maybe Molly had doggy-breath? ???
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I guess that's always a possibility.
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Maybe Molly had doggy-breath? ???
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LOVE your avatar and sig rubix girl!
SmithsGirl
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Thanks Lanie made it for me. She's da bomb! :D