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Andrew McCarthy meets the Brat Pack again in the trailer for the “Brats” documentary

Hey, hey, hey, hey! Don't forget the Brat Pack.

The official trailer for “Brats,” a documentary by actor Andrew McCarthy about the famous “Brat Pack” collective in the 1980s, was released on Wednesday. In the nearly two-and-a-half-minute clip, McCarthy talks again with his former co-stars, including Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore, about the infamous nickname they received as young actors.

A 1985 New York Magazine article coined the term “Brat Pack” in reference to Frank Sinatra's “Rat Pack” to describe McCarthy and his colleagues – Estevez, Moore, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy and others – who starred in coming-of-age films such as “Adults Only,” “The Breakfast Club” and “St. Elmo's Fire.”

“I remember looking at the cover and thinking, 'Oh,'” McCarthy says in the trailer, adding a curse word. “From then on, my career and the careers of everyone involved were tied to the Brat Pack.”

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McCarthy and his fellow Brat Packers continue to express their disdain for the label in the clip, with Estevez admitting to McCarthy that he had previously avoided opportunities to speak publicly about the Brat Pack.

“I rejected everything,” says Estevez. But “it was time for us to clarify a few things.”

The documentary, produced by ABC News Studios, is scheduled to stream on Hulu on June 13.

Watch the trailer for “Brats”

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During the Television Critics Association press tour in February, McCarthy reflected on the effect the “Brat Pack” nickname had on him and his colleagues.

“To the outside world, to that generation, you wanted to be us,” McCarthy said. “To us, it just wasn't that way. One of the things I explore in the film is (the discrepancy between) what society projects onto us and what we feel inside. … We often felt isolated and alone and unseen. We all want to be seen in life.”

He added: “When the term 'Brat Pack' came up, I felt like I had lost control of the narrative.”

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Although some of his former costars, including Ringwald and Nelson, declined to appear in “Brats,” McCarthy said that making the film allowed him to rekindle friendships from his youth.

“Personally, I text Rob all the time,” McCarthy said. “I texted Demi the other day… It was nice to be back in touch with these people that I haven't seen in so long. And just bring my past into my present.”

Contributor: Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY

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