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After the film in 1985, Iris Burton got an audition for him with Rob Reiner for a role in the film "Stand By Me". River did the audition along with 300 other youngsters, and he was the first one cast for the film.
During this film Rio became very good friends with the others, especially with Corey Feldman. He learned to smoke and took marijuana for the first time. He also lost his virginity with an eighteen-year-old friend of the family. Rio asked his parents for their blessing, and they gave it to him. Moreover, they decorated a tent for them.
"A very strange experience"-River declared.
This film made River a star. His face was in all the magazines,he received thousands of letters from fans asking for autographs, and everybody told him that he was going to be a great star,... hard things for a shy fifteen-year-old boy to handle. |