Kiefer Sutherland is not alone in saying that he stored his conduct skilled and did not bully anybody whereas filming “Stand by Me.” Jerry O’Connell, who performed Vern Tessio, was additionally concerned within the Deadline interview. Whereas he admitted to being intimidated by his older co-star on set, it wasn’t as a result of Sutherland was bullying him or anybody else, however as a result of the older actor appeared so mature. “You have been 17 whenever you did ‘Stand By Me?'” O’Connell stated. “I felt such as you have been like 40 … I simply thought you have been essentially the most grown-up particular person … Now, I’ll say that Kiefer didn’t bully us, there was no bullying. However Kiefer, I used to be so frightened of you.”
And that, in all probability, is that. There are lots of little-known information about Kiefer Sutherland and all types of obscure “Stand by Me” trivia on the market, but when the 2 stars of the film are to be believed, at no level did Sutherland turn out to be something like an on-set incarnation of Ace Merrill throughout filming. Maybe the bullying rumors are a part of the identical phenomenon that makes some folks assume that the actor is similar man as his torture-happy “24” protagonist, Jack Bauer. Mainly, plainly Sutherland is in order that convincing in his roles that it is easy to assume he is enjoying a model of himself.