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Jerry O Connell is reacting to his Stand By Me co-star Wil Wheaton s revelation that he was abused at a young age around the same time the 1986 movie came out.
Wheaton claimed that he suffered a combination of an incredible emotional abuse from my father, and a lot of manipulation, using me, from my mother in an interview with Yahoo Entertainment last week.
O Connell, 47, who was one of Wheaton s co-stars in the coming-of-age film, expressed sympathy for Wheaton, whom he called a great friend, while appearing on Wednesday s episode of The Talk.
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Stand By Me is an incredible and timeless piece of cinema, the story emerging from the memories and imagination of Stephen King, and brought to life with a collection of perfect performances. The movie features an amazing ensemble of young actors, with the lead of the pack being Wil Wheaton as the innocent and grief-stricken Gordie Lachance â and the work he does is remarkable from such a young star. It s an impressive turn to look back on, and Wheaton has now revealed that he feels at least part of its power comes from the fact that it was informed by what he has recalled as emotional abuse from his own childhood.
Stand By Me, directed by Ron Reiner and based on the short story “The Body” by Stephen King is turning 35-years-old this summer. Though not strictly a horror movie, it’s nonetheless loved by genre fans for its unflinching portrayal of the horrors of adolescence.
Another aspect of
Stand By Me that makes it such a classic is the spirit of comradery created by the film’s then-young actors: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Jerry O’Connell, and Corey Feldman. But it wasn’t all fun and games behind the scenes.
In a recent interview with Yahoo, Wheaton reveals that he was suffering from parental emotional abuse at the time of filming