Who Else Auditioned for the Outsiders

Dennis Quaid tried out for Darrel, the paternal older brother role that went to Patrick Swayze; Scott Baio read for Sodapop, which went to Lowe. Despite the teenage-heavy ensemble, Kate Capshaw also auditioned—she was nearly 30 at the time.

Did Leonardo DiCaprio audition for the outsiders?

Of course, that was over thirty years ago, when as a preteen DiCaprio auditioned for the role of Ponyboy Curtis in 1983’s The Outsiders. DiCaprio obviously didn’t get the part — it went to the older C. Thomas Howell instead — but it kicked off a remarkable career for the young actor.

Was the outsiders black and white?

Made first, The Outsiders—a Rebel Without a Cause-style story of teenage alienation starring Matt Dillon and a raft of soon-to-be stars including Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, and Diane Lane—was the more popular of the two films. However, the expressionistic black-and-white Rumble Fish, which…