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Poor Stephen Shellen

posted 9 years ago by cheapfrill
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The guy only has two memorable roles to his credit and he gets either killed or worse in both. I'll never forget his turn with Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It. One wicked hangover and a nasty sunburn.

[–] ReasonlsOutToLunch 9 years ago

More like poor us. He is really good in this. I am sure he would have done well in more feature films. Not that his career was non-existent, but he should have gotten a lot more work IMO.

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[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Poor guy indeed. I don't remember seeing him in any more films that I know of.

[–] cheapfrill 9 years ago

I think I saw him uncredited in the first Back to the Future movie. He's in Biff's car when the manure gets dumped. Seems the guy just can't win.

[–] C-Murder_187 9 years ago

Nope. The people in the car, other than Biff, are Billy Zane, Casey Siemaszko and J.J Cohen.

[–] gljbradley 9 years ago

Dang it!

[–] squirreletta 9 years ago

He was in several Canadian movies in the 80's. I watched him filming a scene in my hometown once. He was also in an episode of Tales From The Crypt.

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[–] alifeatthemovies 8 years ago

If he had called before dropping by, maybe he wouldn't have been killed.

[–] Doom 8 years ago

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And then the guy has more scenes in the film that were cut from the final release, only to wind up in the 'TV Version' that no one can locate.

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[–] cheapfrill 8 years ago

He actually has had to deal with rumors of being blacklisted for "asking too many questions" in Hollywood. Also some drinking binges after making enough money for a couple of years w/o needing to work. But most of the people that truly know him say he's a great guy, wasted talent, and tend to be supportive.