My parents forced me to do it," Wheaton toldYahoo Entertainment in arecent interview.
“My mother made me do it.
“Which, as it turns out, put me in the exact place to play Gordie.
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Because Gordie’s experience very much reflected my experience.
We’re both invisible in our homes.
We both have a brother who is the golden child.
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O’Connell in ‘Stand by Me’.Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
We’re both the scapegoat in the family.”
“When I watchStand by Menow, I cannot ignore the unbelievable sadness in my eyes.
He added, “I guess I want to be a writer so that makes me Gordie.
I never realized until I was in my 40s that I was Gordie because I wasGordie.”
