Kiefer Sutherland denies he stayed in character and bullied his “Stand by Me” cast in 1986.
Sutherland, 57, looked again on the 1986 coming-of-age movie during Thursday’s episode of “The Converse,” which former co-star Jerry O’Connell co-hosts.
Natalie Morales used Sutherland’s pay a visit to to handle the viral assert that he would continue on to be necessarily mean to the movie’s youthful actors when the cameras stopped rolling.
“Absolutely not legitimate,” Sutherland responded. “First of all, I’m not that type of actor and I wouldn’t want to be that form of person. I expended a great deal of time with River Phoenix for the reason that we both played guitar, and so that was type of an in to him. Even nevertheless I was seven many years older, we were being equally beginning, correct? And so there was a lot of dialogue about ‘How do you create a character? What is your method?’”
Despite the fact that he starred in the movie based on Stephen King’s 1982 book “The Overall body,” he didn’t shell out as substantially time on established with his co-stars as he would’ve appreciated to.
“I feel just one of points that’s been aggravating for me when I think about ‘Stand By Me’ is they always inquire me what all people else was like … We actually only experienced the a single big scene at the finish wherever Wil Wheaton pulls the gun and I experienced to run away like a female,” he described.
Sutherland additional that he was just 17 during generation, to which O’Connell responded: “I felt like you ended up like 40 … I just thought you were the most developed-up particular person.”
“Now, I will say that Kiefer did not bully us, there was no bullying. But Kiefer, I was so afraid of you,” O’Connell admitted.
Sutherland laughed off O’Connell’s confession, later on revealing he noticed O’Connell “about 10 yrs after” — and did not acknowledge him.
“Someone reported, ‘Oh, you ought to go say hello, which is Jerry O’Connell.’ And I mentioned, ‘No it’s not.’ We reported hi there and I gave you a massive hug and then I walked away and appeared at my mate and went, ‘Wow, he’s bought a whole lot far better trainer than I do,’” Sutherland shared, resulting in O’Connell to flex for the cameras.
CBS introduced Friday that “The Talk” will close later this calendar year.
The series will return in September for a shorter 15th year and will formally indication off in December.
The final year will get a “proper mail-off” in the winter season, and will rejoice the legacy of the collection.
