Cool Videos: A day in the life with the Dead Poets Society actors

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

What we have hear is a video more deserving of the ‘Cool Videos’ moniker than most. Back during the production of DEAD POETS SOCIETY, the poets themselves, (Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Dylan Kussman, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, James Waterston and Allelon Ruggiero) took a break from filming to go audition in New York for a role in the film DAD (the part went to Hawke). Only five of them were auditioning, but the entire crew went and they took a camera with them to chronicle the journey. Evidently, Allelon Ruggiero had the footage buried somewhere, recently found it, and Dylan Kussman edited it all together. What follows is an amazing display of camaraderie. The cast clicked together on film, but now you can see why, as they had great chemistry off set as well.

Take a peek into the past here:

Source: Dylan Kussman

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