Kevin Costner The Big Chill corpse
par Capucine · old hollywood: Movies
Before he was a Hollywood leading man, Kevin Costner played a dead body. He was originally cast as Alex in The Big Chill (1983), but all of his flashback scenes were removed from the final cut. The only trace of his performance that remains is the corpse in the opening funeral sequence.
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27, 28, before you started seeing anything that could be considered real success, I mean, were you dispirited along the way? Yes, I think so, but I was also happy. I was really happy. The moment I decided to do that was a giant relief to me. The worry shifted to my parents and shifted to people that love me, like, oh my God, what's he doing? But when you have a sense of direction, it's almost a momentum. who's like, okay, I don't know how far the road is, but I think for finally I'm on the right path. And a lot of people don't find their path, and I felt like I was lucky to do it. It doesn't ensure any measure of success, just knowing what you want to do, because a lot of people want to run in the Olympics, but they're not fast enough to run in the Olympics. You know what I mean? You want to be successful in this business, but are you willing to learn how it works, and are you trying to get better? That's what I try to do. I know you get this question on that, but how did Alex's being removed from the theatrical distribution of the picture? I have told that story and I consistent in the story which was of course I would have liked to have been in the film But when I actually got the job even before we started filming the big show forget about that it was a big hit and that I didn end up in the movie When I got that job, that's when I knew the moment was starting to happen for me. That's when I knew. On the drive home, I thought, this is happening. I had a big secret. I was on a freeway driving home. There was a thousand cars in front of me. There was a thousand cars behind me. And I, that whole 45 minute drive home, I went, this is happening for me. And it was. And things, so the obvious things to people were, you weren't in the film, so you must be despondent or whatever. And I wasn't. Because I went back and on that freeway, I knew it was happening. Yes, of course it would have been nice. But if I look at the architecture of my career, I know what the moments are.
