Kiefer Sutherland Explains How Stand By Me Director Helped Young Cast
Kiefer Sutherland opens up about how Stand by Me director Rob Reiner helped the film's young cast bond while filming the beloved movie. Based on Stephen King's 1982 novella The Body, the story revolves around a group of friends in 1959 Castle Rock who embark on a journey to find the dead body of a missing boy in the hopes of becoming local heroes. The group come to learn about themselves while encountering a variety of dangers, including a cranky old junkyard owner, a leech-filled river and dangerous bullies.
Wil Wheaton led the cast of Stand by Me alongside River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Richard Dreyfuss, Sutherland, Casey Siemaszko and John Cusack. Directed by Rob Reiner, the coming-of-age comedy received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for its nostalgic tone, effective character development and faithfulness to King's source material. Over 35 years later and Stand by Me remains one of the best-reviewed adaptations of King's bibliography and one star has their thoughts on why it continues to hold this standing.
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In a recent career-spanning interview with GQ, Kiefer Sutherland looked back on his time making the coming-of-age classic Stand by Me. The star recalled how director Rob Reiner helped his young cast prepare for their shoot and bond with each other, having them play games and cutting their working time in half. See what Sutherland shared below:
«In Stand by Me, I got to play Ace Merrill. All of the characters were so beautifully defined and Rob Reiner, the director, did this amazing thing with the boys, because they were kind of ranging in ages between 11 and 13. They would play theater games in the morning and they
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