In The Outsiders: The Complete Novel documentary, Rob Lowe asked S.E . Hinton what happened to Sodapop Curtis. Hinton told Lowe that Sodapop was drafted for the Vietnam War and lost his life there.

Rob Lowe's first movie, The Outsiders ... the 1983 film and the 1967 novel of the same name. Lowe, who played Sodapop Curtis in the movie, was 18 when filming began in 1982.