Brad Renfro has passed away- Page 3
Brad Renfro has passed away
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#50bard renfro has passed away
Posted: 1/16/08 at 2:15pm
The look? No.
The age? Um. Have you considered entering the priesthood?
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#51bard renfro has passed away
Posted: 1/16/08 at 2:19pm
Tee hee.
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
Updated On: 1/16/08 at 02:19 PM
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#52brad renfro has passed away
Posted: 1/16/08 at 6:18pmI loved him in Tom and Huck. It really is shocking.
#53brad renfro has passed away
Posted: 1/16/08 at 10:07pmWhen I read this on Yahoo the other day, it made me sad. He was good. RIP.
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grnsmwhr
Stand-by Joined: 5/27/04
#54brad renfro has passed away
Posted: 1/17/08 at 12:37amI 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.
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DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#55brad renfro has passed away
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#56brad renfro has passed away
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?
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DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#57brad renfro has passed away
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.
#58brad renfro has passed away
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
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Icehouse Life
Stand-by Joined: 10/18/07
#59brad renfro has passed away
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.
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