Source: Talk Is Jericho — Will Wheaton Walks 40 Years Of Stand By Me
Duration: 55 min
Rob Reiner's passing
I heard from Jerry; Jerry texted Corey and me and he was like, you guys, the news is really bad. We were stunned. We hadn't spoken to him before we started to do these things late last year, but I fully expected that we would do something this year. I'm never going to get to do that.
Behind-the-scenes of the train scene
Rob comes out third or fourth time his face is red, yanks his headphones off and he says, 'you guys are f***ing up my movie... if you are not afraid of that train hitting you then you better f***ing be afraid of me because you are ruining my f***ing movie.'
Casting of Stand By Me
Corey had a lot of anger and a lot of pain in him when we were working on the film. I remember one day asking Rob Reiner, this guy's such a pain in the ass. Wasn't there another actor? And Rob said, Corey was the only actor I saw who had the pain and the anger that Teddy should have.
Reconciliation with Corey Feldman
I saw Corey in the green room at a con about a year and a half ago. We just sat down just to chat... We talked about being kid actors and we talked about our shitty parents. And I realized how incredibly similar our experiences were.
Personal trauma and family estrangement
I spent a lot of my life post-Stand By Me. I struggled. I have depression and CPTSD and was dealing with an abusive family relationship with my parents and a ton of shame... I just divorced my family.
Stand By Me leech scene origin
I recently saw an interview with Stephen King where he revealed that it actually did happen to him in a pond in Maine with his friends. There you go.
Stand By Me casting story
Rob Reiner turned to Andy Scheinman, Ray Gideon, and Bruce Evans and said, 'it cannot possibly be this easy.' And he went out and saw everybody else and then brought me back.
Career trajectory
If not for Stand By Me, I would never have booked Star Trek. I have a copy of the memo a writer named David Gerald wrote... 'his legion of teeny bopper fans will be a great ad for Star Trek.'
Stand By Me 40th Anniversary Tour
It's StandByMeLive.com where we have the ticket links and links to the venues and and all the different sort of packages people can get.
Aging and perspective
I turned 53 and I was like, oh, this is different. Something's weird. Something is strange. When I was 52, I was on the older side of young and now I'm on the younger side of old.
