But the world’s perception of American actors of your age has been rather twisted, hasn’t it, by the

But the world’s perception of American actors of your age has been rather twisted, hasn’t it, by the death of River Phoenix?“Yeah,” he says. He exhales slowly, before recalling the first time they ran into each other at the Toronto Film Festival. His phone rang and the voice went, “Pitt? River!” He thought that was very funny. River told Pitt to call him back in Los Angeles—“Don’t be shy!” he said—and so Pitt did.“I’ll tell you this: I only knew him well enough to know that I wanted to know him better, and I was really looking forward to it. That was just the wrong kid for that to happen to. It just didn’t really work with his nature. Very sweet. Very much an innocent, actually. It’s not like it’s going to change anything. It’s just a waste. I think he was the best.” He pauses. “Is.” Tries again. “Was.” Reconsiders. “Is. The best of the young guys. I’m not just saying that now—I said that before he died. He had something I don’t understand.”— Brad Pitt on River Phoenix for Empire (April, 1994) -- source link

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