“I do not imply this as any offense to my dad and mom who’re nonetheless with us and respiration the chilly in New York proper now — Hello, mother and pop. Rob was like a father to me,” O’Connell mentioned in an interview this morning on CBS.
Hollywood misplaced an icon on Sunday, December 14th when Rob Reiner and his spouse Michele had been brutally murdered in their very own house, with their 32-year-old son Nick booked on suspicion of homicide.
Celebrities have expressed their sorrows and reactions, together with Stand By Me star Jerry O’Connell.
The actor, who starred in Reiner’s 1986 coming of age basic at simply 11-years-old, appeared on CBS Mornings on Monday to share extra in regards to the late director.
O’Connell – becoming a member of the morning present from the West Coast – was nonetheless processing the whole lot, telling Gayle King, “Yeah, it is simply shock … The entire weekend appeared utterly surreal, Gayle, however this one was actually stunning and the way the information type of trickled out.”
“Once I get up, I type of like attempt to get my ideas collectively, and I do not imply this as any offense to my dad and mom who’re nonetheless with us and respiration the chilly in New York proper now — Hello, mother and pop. Rob was like a father to me,” O’Connell continued.
O’Connell proceeded to get emotional, telling the discuss present hosts how he felt really seen by Reiner at simply 11, as a result of, “at that time in my life, I wasn’t getting in hassle criminally, however I used to be at all times getting in hassle for talking out loud in school and never with the ability to maintain my mouth shut.”
He recalled how his mom would generally inform him to, “Sit in your arms and shut up,” whereas Reiner instructed him the precise reverse.
“And I obtained to that set of Stand by Me, and I bear in mind I ad-libbed a scene sooner or later early on in taking pictures, and he was like, ‘Lower, Jerry,’ and I believed, ‘Oh boy, right here we go. He’s gonna – Why didn’t I sit on my arms and shut up?'” O’Connell recalled. “And he went, ‘Hey, Jerry, maintain going man. That’s what I’m speaking about proper there, go, extra.'”
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The actor defined how that second of encouragement was pivotal second in his life, solemnly sharing, “I am not making a joke. I do know my home is darkish. I’ve the whole lot, the whole lot I’ve is due to Rob Reiner … It is actually a tragic, stunning day.”
King, Nate Burleson and O’Connell then went on to reward Reiner’s character, particularly his work ethic. O’Connell acknowledged that whereas Reiner was a nepo child, because the son of Hollywood star Carl Reiner, he “did the work.”
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Stand by Me was a defining Eighties journey thriller that adopted 4 adolescents in rural Oregon. Within the movie, tailored from one in all Stephen King’s quick tales, the group decides travels by way of the wilderness for discover the useless physique of a neighborhood boy who had been killed.
The movie was O’Connell’s first main movie position, and he is talked positively about all of it all through his profession. He instructed Individuals in 2017 that it was “the most effective experiences of my life,” including that, “Rob was actually good at rehearing us. We did not even know we had been rehearsing. We thought we had been enjoying video games.”
Costar Kiefer Sutherland additionally reacted to Reiner’s dying on social media, writing, “Like so many my coronary heart was damaged after I heard the information about Rob Reiner and his great spouse, Michele. Rob was one of many kindest gentleman I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. Once I was very younger he gave me a chance that modified my life, and I’ll ceaselessly be grateful.”
Stand By Me’s Corey Feldman, in the meantime, wrote, “OMG THIS IS HORRIBLE NEWS! IM SO SORRY 4 ROB & HIS WIFE, & THEIR CHILDREN & THE WHOLE REINER FAMILY! ALL I CAN SAY IS IM SHOCKED & SADDENED, BUT I #LOVE U ROB! U WILL B 4EVER MISSED! #RIPROBREINER.”
