Rob Lowe

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 3, Episode 16 “Shift-Less.”] Captain Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) leaves behind Texas for ...

It was very emotional to be on a set where I’m working with my brother for the first time and I’m getting to work with Robert Pine, who I hadn’t worked with for 40 years. When Tim called me and said, “Do you want to act?” And I said, “Yeah, absolutely.” I kind of said yes before I knew even what he was proposing. Wouldn’t that be ironic if he turned out to be a first responder as well and it was kind of in the family. And I say that for a number of reasons, one is he’s just a very good actor and I’ve known that, but I got to experience that kind of intimately in sharing the scenes with him. But if they wanted me to be involved and it was authentic and it was motivated for Owen to revisit his estranged half-brother, I’d be there in a moment’s notice. The writing is always so strong on the show, especially I feel like in these dramatic moments, and you always want subtext and you always want a life underneath the surface. And you know, it’s funny ’cause Rob and I, everybody says that — obviously we look somewhat alike — our voices are very similar and it’s been funny when I’m directing sometimes and I’ll call something out and people will think it’s Rob calling something out and vice versa because our voices are so similar, similar enough that when I call our father, I often feel I need to let him know that it’s me because I can tell sometimes he’s trying to figure out, “Which son am I talking to? Obviously Rob jumped at it and thought it was a brilliant and inspired idea, and I of course was thrilled and felt it was a long time coming. And so the story I heard was that Tim called Rob and said, “I have a crazy idea. Absolutely. I did Brothers & Sisters with him and I did The Grinder. And then I’m currently directing the third episode of Lone Star that I’ve directed. I did two hours work and I think I’m onscreen in that movie for about four or five seconds, but I don’t really consider that nor does he consider that us really working together. Chad Lowe: In the creation of the storyline for Owen, that he was going to be going back to confront his father, [creator] Tim Minear decided that there was going to be a half-brother that Owen was not aware of.