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GTOdriver04 t1_izqqko8 wrote

Reply to comment by fblack01 in [Image] Great future does not require a great past. by Lazy_Review_9742

Yeah. His role as Chaplin proved the man could act.

I view him as one of those guys who everyone knew that if he got his stuff together he would be one of the great ones.

That’s why he got so many chances: it was common knowledge that the dude was great at his job, he just needed to get himself cleaned up first. He did, and he’s flying high.

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fblack01 t1_izqyi1z wrote

Agreed. Plus I alway think imagine if someone gave me all that game and money at that age. I’d probably be dead.

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Marx_Forever t1_izrmdrc wrote

A lot of them do. We make comments like; "Oh what a shame they were so talented", then we move on and eventually forget about them. And they die a second time.

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toadofsteel t1_izrqtxd wrote

Keeping River Phoenix alive in my heart.

Imagine him alongside his brother now.

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dano415 t1_izsyyfp wrote

Even before the money he liked his drugs, especially alcohol. My brother in-law knew him when he was comming up. He said, he always had a beer in his hand.

Good genes. I don't think he ever had to worry about weight.

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DearBurt t1_izsm1j1 wrote

His acting in Less Than Zero proved that. Of course, he was living that character at the time, but it definitely set him apart from his eccentric-sidekick roles in Back to School and Johnny B. Good.

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FoofieLeGoogoo t1_izs8l09 wrote

And another compelling role in Weird Science.

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DearBurt t1_izsm9lv wrote

His apology next to the missile in Wyatt’s bedroom was touching.

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rabbitwonker t1_izsz29c wrote

I’m quite sure the show Alley McBeal would’ve been canceled several seasons earlier if he hadn’t joined it, even though he was just a side character. And when his issues did force them to write him out, the show was done.

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CrumbledTheCookies t1_iztwo0f wrote

I feel like I've seen a video of a judge saying exactly this at a hearing. Like "if you clean up you'll be great, but if you fuck up again, I don't care who you are or how talented you are, I will put your ass away" or something to that effect.

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Sabbra_Cadabra_ t1_izrpo98 wrote

So like the good ending to Antonio Brown and Kanye

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hairysnowmonkey t1_izs6caj wrote

He was on drugs, not a detestable hate filled racist. Drugs and mental illness do a lot of things but they don't make you hate specific groups of people and continually publicly share that hate.

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