r.i.p. brad renfro

Renfro got his first big break when he was discovered by director Joel Schumacher, who cast the then 10-year-old in “The Client.”

hard not to think that didn't do him any favors.

http://www.dreamagic.com/vivianrose/theClient.gif

Yeah it's all Joel's fault. He should have picked a kid who wasn't going to get strung out on heroin.

Anyway it's probably Larry Clark's fault.

it's none of their faults or anything. but he might have been better off as a local loser in knoxville.

Hindsight's always 20/20 in these cases. Still it doesn't seem like Hollywood does a very good of taking care of their child proteges. Of course neither does the NBA or the NFL so ya know whatever.

Forget recriminations; it's terrible news. R.I.P.

oh no! this is shitty. i love the client so much. ;(

when he was at home in knoxville he would sometimes go to a local blues bar and play guitar at open-mic night. i saw him play once when he was probably 16 or so, he wasn't bad, and seemed into just hanging out with all the bar-band blues guys. everybody around town who knew him said he was a sweet kid.

:O

Whoa. Totally thought this was a joke at first. :(

aw RIP. can't believe he was only 25, I thought he might have been older. A childhood friend of mine used to have a massive crush on him back in his teen beat days.

sad, but he was no jonathan brandis

really sad :(

he got arrested in late 2000 in Broward County for some speedboat incident while filming Bully. He got a lot of local press.

yr name is fun to say, bully is a masterpiece, rip buddy.

so little ILE interest! too much talent?

who?

Always got this dude confused with Brad Dourif.

I'd link to the R.I.P Brad Delp thread, but somebody would probably say "too soon!"

you totally dodged that bullet by describing doing so in detail instead of actually doing so, smooth move

You should try that onstage sometime, Nick.

This sucks. I thought he was older, also.

"Dear Josh, we came by to fuck you, but you were not home. Therefore, you are gay. Signed Tiffany, and Amber."

Ah, you beat me to it!!

He's great in "Bully." I always thought he was a weird choice for Josh in "Ghost World," but he was fine. He's also great in "Apt Pupil," which is one of the better camp Holocaust movies.

"Adam Brad was like a baby seal," says Jules Wandermann, director of BHSPA. "He fucking shimmered in the sun."

camp Holocaust movies

oh, what a phrase.

late decemb....n/m

"He's also great in "Apt Pupil," which is one of the better camp Holocaust movies."

??? That movie's awful and Renfro's awful in it (about as bad as Gandalf.) It's not even camp (accidently or intentionally). Ilsa is a better film.

I had heard the same stories re: his hanging out and playing blues music in and around Knoxville. Seems like he was just a regular guy who didn't have the support mechanism to deal with the fame.

Too bad. RIP

one of the better camp Holocaust movies was meant to be all sarcastic-like!

APT PUPIL is godawful - but knowing some of the history of that shoot (the sundry lawsuits - there's a juicy LA WEEKLY cover story from several years back that should be out there somewhere) helps make it an extra creepy watch. I did like Renfro in it, though.

But yes, he's no Dyanne Thorne!

Ghost World is even sadder now.

but not actually any better

Is this a suicide?