PIC: Stand By Me Cast Reunites 25 Years Later
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The gang's all grown up!
On Thursday, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman and Wil Wheaton -- the three remaining principal stars of Stand by Me -- reunited at the Falcon Theater in Toluca Lake, Calif.
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The occasion: The 25th anniversary (with accompanying DVD/Blue-Ray release) of the coming-of-age 50s-era 1986 classic. (Director Rob Reiner and narrator Richard Dreyfuss were also on hand for the look back.)
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O'Connell, now 37, Feldman, now 39, and Wheaton, now 37, played pals barely in their teens on the hunt for a dead body, based on a story written by Stephen King.
Sorely missed from the reunion: Their famous costar River Phoenix, who made a legendary impression in the moving flick, and died of a drug overdose in 1993 at the age of 23.
As for Phoenix's costars? O'Connell (who was a pudgy pre-teen in the flick) is now married with twins to Rebecca Romjin and stars in the TV series The Defenders. Wheaton went on to become a regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation and other sci-fi TV shows and films, and has a popular blog, Wil Wheaton Dot Net. He's also married with two stepsons. Feldman has had his own struggles with drugs and alcohol, and in 2010 mourned the loss of his pal and fellow child star Corey Haim. He is now a lead singer for the band The Truth Movement.
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4He might be getting Star Trek money but he was whining on his blog a few years ago that they cut him out of the latest movie. (That was before the JJ Abrams reboot.) As an actor, you want to be working. Wheaton hasn't been so fortunate in that area.
Wil Wheaton has the best future, Petra.....he will be making money off his Star Trek fame until the day he dies and his children will still get money from it. I think people underestimate the immortality or Wesley Crusher and anyone of Star Trek fame.
Who would've guessed back then that O'Connell would go on to have the "best" future!?!
Sad to see those 3 without River... but good to see them together again anyway. :)