Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez shared a rare public reunion in a new photo that has delighted fans of the Hollywood brothers and their classic 1988 Western, “Young Guns.”
Nearly four decades after “Young Guns” hit theaters, Sheen, 61, and Estevez, 64, joined several of their former castmates at Fan Expo in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday.
Lou Diamond Phillips, who also starred in the film, marked the occasion on social media with a group photo featuring Sheen, Estevez, Casey Siemaszko, Kiefer Sutherland and Dermot Mulroney. “F’ing Epic!” Phillips wrote alongside the image.
The “Young Guns” reunion quickly drew excited reactions online. “Saturday Night Live” veteran Kenan Thompson was among those celebrating the snapshot, responding with a series of fire emojis.
The popular Western put a fictionalized spin on the story of real-life outlaw Billy the Kid, with Estevez in the central role. Made for $11 million, “Young Guns” brought in $56 million at the box office and later spawned a 1990 sequel.
Sheen did not return for the follow-up, as his character was killed off in the original “Young Guns.”
In an October 2025 appearance on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Sheen reflected on feeling overshadowed during the early years of Estevez’s rise as a key member of the 1980s “Brat Pack.” At that point, Sheen had not yet landed the breakout parts that would come with 1986’s “Platoon” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
Estevez found fame earlier, thanks to major roles in 1983’s “The Outsiders” and 1985’s “The Breakfast Club.”
“I felt like I was just taking up the rear. I felt like a valet on certain nights,” Sheen said.
Estevez and the brothers’ father, Martin Sheen, 86, did not take part in Charlie Sheen’s 2025 Netflix documentary, “aka Charlie Sheen,” which explored the actor’s addiction struggles and highly publicized downfall.
Though, in November 2025, director Andrew Renzi told Tudum that Sheen’s father and brother didn’t sit out his doc because there was bad blood in the family.
“They are fully supportive of it and love it. They are all very close,” Renzi said.
“Young Guns” was a rare project the brothers did together. They also co-starred in the 1999 Showtime movie, “Rated X,” and Estevez had a cameo on “Two and a Half Men” in the Season 6 episode “The Devil’s Lube,” which aired in 2008.
During a joint interview with Interview Magazine in September 2025, Estevez noted that he frequently gets asked about working together. “Have we already ticked that box?” he asked.
Sheen replied, “That’s a great question,” and didn’t offer an answer.
In January 2025, “The Breakfast Club” alum announced that he would direct and star in “Young Guns 3: Dead or Alive,” and joked that the title should be “Old Guns.”
At the time, he announced that Diamond Phillips and Christian Slater would also star.
Sheen quipped to Interview Magazine that he died “on page 52” of “Young Guns.”
Estevez replied, “Right. It’d be hard to bring you back for part three.”
“The Might Ducks” actor hasn’t provided further updates about the status of a third “Young Guns” movie.