Brad Renfro has passed away- Page 3

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 1/16/08 at 2:15pm

The look? No.

The age? Um. Have you considered entering the priesthood?

[Pippin]

Posted: 1/16/08 at 2:19pm

Tee hee.

Updated On: 1/16/08 at 02:19 PM

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 1/16/08 at 6:18pm

I loved him in Tom and Huck. It really is shocking.

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 1/16/08 at 10:07pm

When I read this on Yahoo the other day, it made me sad. He was good. RIP.

[grnsmwhr]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 12:37am

I just read this today. So sad, so much talent. He became the character in Bully, hard movie to watch because it's so real, but great acting.

[DG]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 11:02am

Ian McKellen posted this on his site:

"In Hollywood he was a teenage charmer, chaperoned by his beloved grandmother and by his admirers who protected him as best they could from the dangers of being a child in a careless adult's world. On set, he was blusteringly confident although it was obvious he would have benefitted from training as an actor. Yet, as Todd, the disturbed teenager in Apt Pupil, he tapped into an inner demonic world and carried the film on his young shoulders. Off the set he played football, played his guitar and one magical evening I shall never forget, invited me to his home in the Hollywood Hills. We chatted a bit about acting and his dreams to direct films, to write music and to return to Tennessee. When he heard a dog barking wildly across the valley, he mimicked the animal and the dog replied; a kid at play but capable of growing into someone special. He longed to belong in the alien world which perhaps in the end overwhelmed him. He was only 25 and it is dreadful we shan't see all that he might have achieved."

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 11:20am

He longed to belong in the alien world which perhaps in the end overwhelmed him.

That about sums it up, doesn't it? Isn't that how so many of us end up in trouble, by wanting to belong where we don't, even though we may know it's a bad idea to want to belong in the first place?

[DG]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 11:25am

"the dangers of being a child in a careless adult's world"

This struck me as truth, as well.

[pab]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 12:49pm

"I had the pleasure of working with Brad when he was eleven in THE CLIENT. It was obvious to everyone that he was the sweetest, most incredibly gifted young actor to come along for some time. My heart goes out to the family for their tragic loss."
Susan Sarandon Speaks Out on Brad Renfro's Death

[Icehouse Life]

Posted: 1/17/08 at 6:06pm

If Brad kept himself clean, I'm sure his directorial skills within a decade or so would have me interested in what kind of material he would've used. He could been like Eastwood and Redford.