Stephen Rider on ‘It: Welcome to Derry’, Denzel Washington, and dreaming big: “You can’t worry about what you don’t have”
He’s aiming high.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 12/2025
The Robert Redford movie Paul Newman refused to star in: “I would have been struggling”
It was always just out of reach.
Every iconic director Jean-Luc Godard despised: “I really don’t like his style at all”
The old man was yelling at clouds.
The actor who kept stealing Robin Williams’ dream roles: “No one thinks of me”
He got them eventually.
The betrayal Brendan Fraser will never forgive: “What did we learn from this?”
He’s still not over it.
Ron Howard once predicted when he’d peak as a director: “You’re in store for a lot of shitty movies”
Setting himself up for a fall.