Kiefer Sutherland is recalling a candy anecdote from the set of Stand by Me and remembering his late co-star River Phoenix.
The 24 actor is wanting again at his time whereas filming the Rob Reiner coming-of-age drama film and shared a heartwarming story about Phoenix that additionally got here to presumably affect the title of the movie.
“We had been making Stand by Me, which was a Stephen King quick story known as The Physique, and River Phoenix was studying guitar and taking part in guitar and he was truly very, excellent. And he was getting actually good at a really, very quick fee,” Sutherland stated throughout an interview on The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon. “And I used to be taking part in Stand by Me and singing that music, and he stated, ‘Oh, I really like the melody of that music,’ and he hadn’t heard it earlier than.”
Sutherland continued, “So I used to be educating it to him and Rob Reiner walked by and stated, ‘Oh, I haven’t heard that music for a very long time, I adore it. After which that was the top of that dialogue.’”
Reiner ended up utilizing the Ben E. King music within the movie and Sutherland says that naming the movie after the music “was a part of the dialog.”
Stand by Me was launched in 1986 and revolves round 4 boys who go on a hike to search out the useless physique of a lacking boy. The movie stars Wil Wheaton, Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell.
