Jerry O'Connell shares a funny and emotional story about filming Stand By Me

[@izzat_izzudin7287]

I forget the secret knock. Let me in

[@mackenziesharp4781]

Lol

[@RedBarnArt]

Vern!

[@alexandervue9464]

I fucking love Stand By Me. The movie has so much HEART!!!!

[@mackenziesharp4781]

Fr !

[@anthonycampos8057]

RIP River

[@judasbrooks]

Long live his siblings, Water, Ocean, Sky, Wind, and Willow. And cousin Earth

[@SmokinPurple502]

I never knew that chubby kid was him haha crazy

[@eazyj2888]

RIGHT!🤣😭🤦🏾‍♂️☠️..I Felt Like Watching The Movie Today And I Found Out That Was Him Afterwards!☠️☠️☠️☠️.

[@Elchupanibres]

@Hanah Sault yeah jerry was kinda chubby at those yrs when he did stand by me, and few more yrs after that but yeah he changed kinda dramatically, but hes still kinda hyperactive :)

[@jemsbond2814]

Can't believe he's verno haha

[@mikegleed5842]

I was today years old when I found this out 🤣

[@nenabunena]

@@Elchupanibres idk he was an ET correspondent in 1986 and he looked thin there

[@b3blueblue]

I like Jerry recounting the backstories of ‘Stand By Me’ - its like listening from a friend - its funny, familiar and real! ❤️

[@kk-lx1hi]

Sharon Jensen he wasn’t really fat chubby but he was also cute lol

[@oooh19]

Aww he seems like a sweetie too

[@heathermorrison2654]

he aged well :)

[@domarq]

He's about to cry, towards the end of this clip. Awww.....I always wondered how Jerry felt about "Stand By Me".

[@mikedlc9766]

you could hear Jerry getting emotional talking about his grandfather , Stand by Me is my favorite movie

[@wheelie_1988]

I'm 34 year old British bloke. Stand By Me is 2 years older than me and do you know what. I LOVE that film and I LOVE the soundtrack. One of the top 5 films.

[@shable1436]

Jerry playing his dad is great, he is one funny bastard

[@azwwrkshp7272]

he needs to tell some river phoenix stories

[@ParadisumOfficial]

00:24 I'll have what he's having!

[@ElizabethDwelleJewelry]

Love that story!!! I could’ve heard him talk about that all day. Super cool.

[@daniellel230]

Jerry seems like such a lovely guy honestly, his smile is contagious

[@StephyM.C.]

Vern was my favorite character he was so damn cute

[@FreeThinkAlways]

2 for flinching! 👊🏻👊🏻

[@candrad]

Stand by me was one of my husbands favorite movies. I have to thank all involved in making it for giving him so much joy when he was alive!This movie has a special place in my heart!

[@Jimmy_Widders_Hunt]

I love that Jerry never forgets his roots and is still the adorable guy he played as Verno.

[@MikeHenry3280]

it ends up being one of the best classic movies ive ever seen.......

[@nenabunena]

Jerry went from hyper boisterous to quiet solemn in the end.

[@ciggss]

I RAN ALL THE WAY HOMEEE

[@suzannerobbins6293]

That movie was exactly how my life was back in the 50’s…..I am now 76, and whenever I see it I find myself tearing up. It is like watching old home movies during some parts!

[@Truth_Seeker96]

What were the 50s like? Seems like a whole different world, I was born in 96, and often feel nostalgic for time periods I never lived in 😂

[@FreeThinkAlways]

I wonder if he found his pennies.. it’s been 35 years.. 35 years man. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry

[@mackenziesharp4781]

Lol

[@Elena-er7zp]

why didn’t he get a metal detector?

[@BMXanddirtbikekid99]

😂😂

[@simospapagiannis3099]

Hilarious story!!! Best movie ever!!!!

[@cherylb2008]

Love his Stand by me stories. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your life……. “Pez…Cherry Pez😊

[@naniisanders4424]

him crying at the end ;(

[@jasminesavard3761]

He looked like he was going to cry 😥

[@stevenmshawzy]

I love behind-the-scenes stories. Especially from " Stand By Me." Great job Jerry!

[@cerysevans790]

i wonder if he ever found his pennies

[@mackenziesharp4781]

Lmao I wonder if he did

[@annamarcaletti1025]

LOVE STAND BY ME MOVIE AND JERRY O'CONNOR 🌹💓

[@joycegibbs5267]

he was the best actor IMO, even though I was a River fan. He has such a great personality, gorgeous too.

[@wolfsden3812]

what a story teller

[@RedBarnArt]

One of the greatest coming of age movies ever made. Hands down.

[@p.h.c.1113]

One of the best movies ever, I remember going to the movie theatre to see it in the 80s.

[@djoseph5072]

Nice story Jerry.

[@poetryquotesgoodreads3430]

Love this film, all the actors in it were amazing 💙

[@CallousCoder]

It's such a great movie! I must've been 12/13 when I saw it first and where the Goonies felt like something you wanted your life and friends to be, Stand By Me was your life and your friends -- except no family drama for me in as a kid. But you could associate with the kid that got beaten over nothing, we had that friend. And we all knew but we all acted like it didn't happen, even him. We had that kid that was withdrawn and a dreamer, and we had the chubby kid in our group of misfit friends. And now 37 years on, I worked in film and I appreciate how Rob Reiner, took such a simple story, with no horror, no real tension basically just kids walking and talking and made it into something you keep watching. Funny thing was that 3 years ago I worked on an Indie, that had a lot of horror nods in it. And one scene the kid who played the lead fell in the water and was covered in roaches. And the director and producer marked that as a VFX shot. And me as the VFX supervisor was like: "that's gonna be hell to track. The water glistens of Sunny's body its impossible to track so we need markers all over his body, we need to paint them out, just do it practically." And the directory was like: "They will look like pieces of rubber no life... Not sure" I was like let me model 3 leeches, I will mold them and cast them in deadened platsil 10, Sunny is a skinny muscular kid, stick them on where the skin and muscles move and it will seem as though they'll move and do a test. So I made them that morning (I am in Europe they are on the East Coast), cast them FedExed them to the US they did the test and wow... It worked. Then they call came: "we want a lot of them at least 20-30 but make a 100". And there was a running joke with the lead that we had to stick of couple on his testicles. And he was like 14 or 15 and was like;"Hell no!" :D

[@RoiHibou]

*VERN-O!*

[@shable1436]

Jer is one of the most hilarious ppl in Hollywood, his natural ability to tell you story whilst sucking you into interesting situations and making quirky little comments fastly is the whole reason he got his wife Rebecca, and now their family is one of the more photogenic and family goals families there is

[@MrAherakat]

Great story - that’s why they are who they are!

[@alpenglow4243]

I’ve seen several interviews with people involved with that film, and this is my favorite so far.

[@kaseyb.4440]

I love him!!!

[@mompreneurof6]

That's just freaking awesome! What an awesome experience he had. How cool! 🤩

[@perrap79]

I just watched another interview with the other guys talking about how Jerry was a spaz. 😊 Amazing movie!

[@rossdiamondthief6627]

Every time I see Jerry O’Connell before/after from Stand By Me, I think of the episode of Family Guy where they spoofed Stand By Me. “The fat kid from Stand by Me is now actually married to Rebecca Romijn, I swear to god! Look it up!” Haha

[@pricila6511]

Also the roast of John Stamos had me cracking up for days. He poked at the fact that the fat kid from stand by me stole his wife in real life. 😆

[@blondeboy5582]

Two for flinching

[@jeffnelson2930]

Okay Jerry...little growing up to do in terms of the first minute of being interviewed. LOL.

[@rafetizer]

Stand By Me is of course, a fantastic movie. Hey, someone needs to round up the Sliders cast and have another go before it's too late. Get the OG's back, none of the replacements.

[@embunchofnumbers]

6:10 theatre lady was right, it is a big movie

[@sahej6939]

Ahhhhh Vern!

[@Elena-er7zp]

Natural Jerry really resembles Plastic Surgery Tom Cruise

[@christelheadington1136]

It just occurred to me, he and Wil Wheaton both had Big Bang parts. Did they even see each other for Sheldon and Amy's wedding ?

[@judyhendrickson4023]

Chris chambers brother eyeball was soo mean to his younger brother,so was Vern’s big brother and ohhh how gordies brother was so loving to gordie his dad though was a real a** hole!!!

[@flimp8020]

I oddly relate to Jerry, besides the fact I’m not a Cool Movie actor famous for so many movies and tv shows such as Stand By Me

[@earving6249]

I forget the secret knock

[@lilenwasnothere6867]

2:08 so he ran all the way home?

[@Helen-mh8mq]

Alexanders!!!!

[@thesummitbeforeyou]

It was Brownsville, Oregon not Eugene.

[@tmorelli1982]

He's referring to where he spent the majority of his time, which was Eugene

[@magdalenaludwicka3800]

Kocham ten film ♥️

[@devaalwine7224]

Jerry you forgot scerct knock its 3 times you have to play trivia quiz fingerknocker

[@xbdjdjcdbdnndbdndb1613]

Stand by me and kangaroo jack

[@Christopher50now]

Me being the budding little gay boy this was one of my first real crushes ever. Even now when I see it I remember why I had a crush on Vern. Vern is pure boy. In Stand By Me he was pure boy. Like when he “explains the gooch” that scene is pure boy. Actually most of Mr. O’Connells performance is that pure boy. Also River of course too. Sheesh!! I just wish something could be done for gay boys. I was 9yo when I figured it out. I just had the overwhelming sense to hug my friend. And I remember thinking uh-oh. Better not.. and I remember looking back at him and I said “I’m a Fa9907!” I’m 48 and I’ve yet to seen any girl to make me feel the way I felt that day after school lunch going to our seats is when it happen. The next thought was “God hates you ya know..” wah waaaaaa. -Debbie Downer. Anyhow we rewatched that damn movie tonight and i had to analyze why I liked Vern. And it was the “all boy” thing about him. Like to a fault. And yep I’m all boy to a fault. Lol

[@putnam568]

I brought a comb

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

"What do you need a comb for; you don't have any hair!" (HAd to look it up, couldn't remember the exact quote!😀😀😀)

[@brianwaskow5910]

Did Jerry take his dad to see the movie??

[@jamesheath7601]

0:20😂

[@willykarina9629]

He's in Film Tv Series My Secret Identity

[@rococo9342]

面影がありますね。にこやかで。

[@adamzuchowski8545]

Is he talking to the crowd or the host??

[@tnt01]

Both

[@judyhendrickson4023]

For as old as i am ,I can watch this movie allday long, some of the boys had really abusive parents ,

[@dhackdaddymac]

To this day. He hasn’t found those Pennie’s

[@brianskeggs9785]

What's he on here

[@dannymarquez6757]

Adderall

[@shable1436]

As much as I can't stand reiner, he made some serious films for his time involved in the movies

[@bobhunt5820]

Cocaine is a powerful drug.

[@judyhendrickson4023]

I liked the movie butI didn’t like teddy Duchamp,because he was sooo mean to Vern,toward the end though Vern really let him have it!!! Teddy Duchamp had really bad anger issues especially with Vern!!!

[@dansweet6793]

Jerry turned into a good looking guy after being the pudgy Vern. I actually enjoyed him in Kangaroo Jack, it's a stupid movie but when you have a cast like Jerry O Connell, Estelle Warren, Anthony Anderson, Michael Shannon and Christopher Walken, you can make the dumbest movie watchable.

[@austinparrott9586]

He looks nothing like he did back then

[@nenabunena]

He has the same fa e actually

[@rollerball1200]

Go Trump! 💪💪💪💪🎙️🔊🇺🇸🐝

[@calumobrien1871]

Kangaroo Jack

[@dansweet6793]

Dumb movie but watchable because of the great cast.

[@HamptonGuitars]

Great talk, but WTF is it with grown men not wearing socks?

[@allme2547]

Most of the men that you think are not wearing socks are actually wearing *No-Show* socks. They cut right below the ankle & matchup with the lining of the shoe.... making it appear as though they aren't wearing socks.

[@HamptonGuitars]

@@allme2547 It looks stupid AF on a grown man.

[@billybassman21]

It looks ridiculous and is just nasty. Socks absorb sweat, dirt oils, salts and dead skin cells not to mention reduces friction that causes calluses. I would hope they are wear no shows, but I bet they are not.

[@mlo3784]

ZZZZZzzzzzz!

[@billybassman21]

Just stop with the no socks! There is nothing cool about it.

[@charlesnye1736]

Boy he sounds like a doofus