Wil Wheaton Narrates Stand by Me, Honors River Phoenix

0:00It's March 27th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, Power by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Will Wheaton just narrated the audiobook for Stephen King's 1982 novella, The Body, the story behind the classic film, Stand By Me. While recording a key scene with kids talking straight and real, he couldn't stop thinking about his late co-star River Phoenix, who played alongside him in the movie. Wheaton watched that exact movie scene a few times to capture Phoenix's delivery as closely as possible. He did it because he loved his friend and still misses him deeply after all these years. The moment hit him hard, pulling him right back to filming on the train tracks in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He could picture Phoenix right there next to the camera, along with the sound crew and lights, making it feel like he was on set again. Phoenix died in 1993, at age 23, from a drug overdose outside a club in Los Angeles. Lately, The Stand By Me cast has been remembering old friends, including tributes after director Rob Reiner's recent passing.

1:01Wheaton's heartfelt narration keeps those memories alive, and you can listen to the audiobook right now.