Robin Williams shook the entertainment world to its core. The star of films including Mrs Doubtfire, Good Will Hunting and Night at the Museum was 6 when he died on 11 August 2014.
One of his most beloved films was Jumanji, the 1995 blockbuster co-starring Bonnie Hunt and Jonathan Hyde. It also featured Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce, who were child stars at the time – and, in 2020, Pierce revealed how Williams once stepped in to defend him from over-demanding producers.
Pierce, who is now 39, reflected upon his experience of the film in celebration of its 25th anniversary in 2020. Jumanji followed two children whose worlds collides with Williams’s Alan Parrish, who got sucked into the magical board game as a young boy.
Speaking to CBCListen, Pierce recalled filming the sequence in which the game unleashes a monsoon upon the world. Pierce, who was 13 at the time, was having particular trouble due to the water getting in between his extensive makeup.
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