Kiefer Sutherland and Rob Reiner: how we made Stand By Me

River Phoenix was like a 13-year-old James Dean. There was so much soul there'

This was the only audition where I did the reading and was hired right there in the room. I absolutely adored Spinal Tap, so to get that kind of affirmation from a director like Rob Reiner at that time in my life was really powerful.