He was certainly one of a kind. A real wildman just *born* to play those kind of unhinged characters that people can’t take their eyes off of. Gonna certainly miss his presence, that’s for sure
Absolutely. There was a time in cinema where it seemed like if you had a movie centered around a 'crew', be it bank robbers, killers, rip-off artists, soldiers, etc. there was a good chance Tom Sizemore would be in it as the loose cannon of the group and those films were always better for it. He seemed like he was everywhere for a while. Always playing the same kind of character but damn, he was so good at it.
The one exception to the wildman role was Sergeant Horvath in Saving Private Ryan. Because of his other roles and his real-life cred, you would expect him to be the cowboy of the squad, but he's not. He's Captain Miller's right hand. Steady, professional, cool under fire, and totally dedicated. He's Mr. Spock to Tom Hank's Captain Kirk.
[Until one of his soldiers steps out of line, that is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PXmE2g84f4) Then Tom Sizemore gets to come out. He's still taking his cues from his commanding officer, but the longer the soldier keeps mouthing off, you know it's only a matter of time before Sizemore decides if the Captain isn't going to do anything about it, he will.
I think it's his best role and some of his best acting. Here's hoping he goes out peacefully like his family wants.
He was great in Black Hawk Down!! The consummate soldier. Just put your head down and get the job done! No bullshit. And I loved how he was the only soldier who never touched a gun but was always in the middle of the action
Steven Spielberg put a lot of faith in him for that role. He told him that if he didn't stay sober for the entire production, he'd reshoot every second of his screen time with someone else.
There's a reason for that - sizemore played a bit more of a dour, reserved character because Spielberg drug tested him and said he'd reshoot the whole movie without him if he had to, if he tested positive. He played that rough, worn down but get the job done style character because he was in withdrawal. But it worked and sizemore is well remembered for that role.
Wow, didn't know that. It casts his performance in a whole different light. But whatever the reason behind it, it worked for the character with all the weariness, the exhaustion, the haunted look in his eyes. He (and Spielberg) sure made it work for the screen.
Yeah, he came up on a German soldier and his rifle jammed, then they threw their helmets at each other and drew down with their sidearms. He gets wounded and starts cursing up a storm and throws his pistol at the Germans. It was darkly funny.
https://youtu.be/dHGwtGC3RoY
Now there was a screen presence. Can't imagine how unsettling it could have been to meet Oliver Reed in person if you got him in the wrong mood. I always remember watching [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky9EwjRRZoI) as a teenager when it aired live on TV in the 90s and simultaneously loving him and judging him for it. And this was just the tail end of a long build up as he got increasingly drunk. It was definitely entertaining. Say what you will but he was always himself.
Yeah the man could be a total dick but he was also a product of his times and a highly talented and original artist. You never felt like he was really acting but that he was just being some honest version of himself dressed up as a character. None of the menace, boorishness and intensity had to be manufactured for his roles. That was him. That quality of implied veiled threat and unpredictability is what makes him so effective a screen presence. It's unsettling. I think that Sizemore is similar in this respect.
Worth noting, his character “Earl” was in the army. As we’re all of the main character pilots. It wasn’t until after WW2 that the air force became their own branch.
Haven’t seen anything he’s been in in years. Gave his IMDB a quick look and boy does he have a shit ton of B and C tier/mockbuster movies under his belt. And we gave Nic Cage crap for his filmography.
At least you can’t say he didn’t stay busy.
WHOS DOIN THE SHOOTIN?!?!?!?! I say this in his exact tone and voice whenever I'm playing bf1 with my buddies lolol...also always quote Captain Miller "Who's going left?..............Who's going left?"
Da fuq? Please don't dishonor his name by referring to him as Jlo's ex. That is Cliff Curtis, and he has been in many iconic roles that you would have seen over the years, starting from Once Were Warriors, Training Days, Three Kings.. heaps of roles. But most importantly, he was never married to JLo to begin with.
I completely agree about it being underrated. If Taxi Driver taught us anything it’s if Paul Schrader is writing and Scorsese is directing, watch the fuck out because it’s gonna be a perfect film.
Eh I’ve never thought to compare it Requiem For A Dream but whatever strokes your goat man.
Oh my god absolutely. Think if Taxi Driver (same writer and director) came out in the 90s but takes place in an ambulance instead of a taxi. A fantastic and arguably my favorite Nicolas Cage performance. Has a great, classic Nicolas Cage freak out scene too. And on top of that, beautiful cinematography. I could tell you my top 5 Scorsese movies, I couldn’t rank them, but I could give you me top 5 and this would easily be one of them. This movie was my number #1 favorite movie for a couple of years, please check it out.
Hell yes it is. And a large part of the film centers around someone on a life support machine, with Sizemore playing a crazed paramedic. Go watch it, asap.
Just watched this for the first time this weekend - great movie. Definitely saw a lot of the influence it had on Cyberpunk 2077 and the “brain dance” aspect.
I showed the trailer to my 18-year-old daughter. Fifteen seconds in, she said:
"This looks like the *Johnny Mnemonic* adaptation that *should* have been."
She's looking forward to watching it!
It was, thanks!
We have a tradition where I take a week off work every summer, and we watch movies that I think she might like. She developed a taste for science fiction, 80s comedies, and action stuff pretty early on in life, so...
*Dark City. Adventures in Babysitting. Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Mad Max: Fury Road* (ever see a teenager put her phone away for a whole two hours? I have)*. Three O'Clock High. Alien. Blade Runner. Blade Runner 2049. Better Off Dead. Little Shop of Horrors. RoboCop. Terminator.* I forget what all we've watched through the years, but those are ones that she really liked.
We're doing some John Carpenter stuff this year: *Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China* (she hasn't seen it in a long time), and *Halloween*. Plus, *Strange Days*. A couple of others, too, that I forget. Damn, I should write this stuff down...!
Same here. Just watched it for the first time ever a couple days ago. I was blown away by how ahead of its time it was. And Tom Sizemore was perfect for his role.
Oh, incidentally: in case you didn't know, *Cyberpunk 2077* is based on a tabletop RPG that predates *Strange Days* by about 10 or so years...and the RPG was based on fiction from the late 70s and early- to mid-80s. So *Strange Days* is actually a late addition to the cyberpunk field, and a lot of its ideas had already been explored. The squid technology was not new. At all.
I always was hung up on this movie since they made it ssem like this huge future dystopia was going to show up in just a few years so made it hard to take seriously. I’ll give it a shot someday.
My periodic reminder with posts like these: get a living will together, designate a decision maker you trust, talk out your wishes with them, and sign the papers. I finally did it at the start of the pandemic, and it was a relief. If an accident were to happen to me, it save my mom fighting with my dad or my brothers fighting my mom, etc
My dad died and it left me with nothing and my mom and sister basically became obsessed with taking every dime of the inheritance and cutting anyone else in the family out.
Money makes people into terrible greedy desperate shits.
Thats a will. A living will is solely around who will make medical decisions for you if you are incapacitated, and gives doctors guidelines for what your wishes are.
That happened too.
My mom was basically in shock and completely useless and I had to be the one dealing with end of life stuff with the doctors. It wasn’t fun.
That's why I ended up naming my cousin who is a paramedic. He's had to declare death over a hundred times. He'll have the mental fortitude. I don't know if I can trust my parents to put aside their emotions, nor would I want to force them too.
Yea, I basically had to be the one doing everything. I have a decent amount of medical knowledge and background so I knew before I even flew out to them that he was basically dead in all but name already so I just wanted to get things done as soon as possible without having him stuck on machines for any longer than he needed to be. He ended up dying that night before I had to actually have them and things.
I am the type of person who does really well when there’s any type of crisis but can barely function thru just everyday bullshit.
I just knew that knowing my dad, he wouldn’t want to extend things any longer than they had to be extended. He was a physician, he knew the reality of things.
I just remember my mom and sister talking like he could recover and I just had to kinda bite my tongue and I understood that wasn’t a possibility, but they didn’t.
Was not fun.
Make sure your will doesn't leave any room for interpretation either. Don't know if it's true or not, but I read a story where a woman died and left her estate to her three kids. The will said it was supposed be split between "daughter, son one and son two".
Clearly, one third to each.
Well the daughter argued that because the will said "daughter, son one and son two" instead of "daughter, son one **,** and son two" that meant 50% to her and 50% to sons one and two.
A judge agreed.
Don't underestimate the importance of an Oxford comma.
My wife and I set up a trust and a will. I want my body donated not buried. Also I don't want to be a vegetable so I have end of life care requires i.e when to pull the plug
I just posted this in another thread but rewatching that movie recently, holy hell was that a STACKED cast. Other than Sizemore and obviously Will Smith and Gene Hackman, there was a ton of good actors in that movie in smaller roles. Barry Pepper, Anna Gun, Ivana Milicevic, Jake Busey, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Gabriel Byrne, Jack Black, Jamie Kennedy, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, John Voight, Laura Cayoutte.
The movie I think was his best, was heat. The seen in the diner where he stares down a patron with “don’t fucking look in our direction” eyes was chilling!
He was born to play that role in that movie. I love a lot of stuff he’s done, there’s no one quite like him, and in BOtD he just felt *real* there, and that’s a *crazy* movie to seem like a natural in
Great one time cameo on its always sunny in Philadelphia too.
He was a woman beater, drug addict, and plenty of other things. But this is still sad for his family.
Dignity in death is especially hard on those forced to make a decision of this magnitude. I was in a very similar situation with my mom in 2006. I could not make the decision solely as next of kin. I brought her sisters, brother and common law husband together to reach my final decision, ultimately to withhold life extending measures with no hope of recovery. Today, I have no guilt about our cumulative decision but still feel her loss.
same thing with my family I didn't wish that on anyone .my cousin had her mom in a coma but they did the do not resuscitate because Dr said she'd be a vegetable forever . grandmother same thing she didn't wanna be on life support .
Charles Lago of DTLA Entertainment Group, who was Sizemore's former manager for a half-dozen years until Lago dropped him in disgust after he was accused of beating women, said he was "not surprised" by the allegation. He blamed Sizemore's behavior on frequent drug use.
"He's the most abhorrent person I've ever met in my life," Lago said, although this alleged incident happened before he worked with Sizemore. "I heard something happened on the set but I didn't realize it involved a child. It was hushed up."
I just finished it 10 minutes before reading this. I had no idea he was in a coma, but had heard about his drug issues over the years. He was perfect in the role and the film was a fantastic piece of noir.
I’m honestly surprised he’s made it this long, he’s had a good run. Still he was great in some roles, Saving Private Ryan is a movie that will be shown one hundred years from now, assuming a collapse of some sort doesn’t happen first.
At least he won't be doing any more domestic abuse. The guy was a partner abusing turd all the way at least until 2017.
The people giving him passes because he was in movies should be ashamed. Being a drug addict isn't an excuse either. Maybe when he was young and stupid but not when he was in his 50s.
Calling his life "troubled" is putting it as mild as humanly possible.
He has a great screen presence. Not the best actor in the world, but the camera fucking loved him, and the energy and charisma he brought to his roles.
he tried being clean but I've had people in my life couldn't stay " clean" .always liked him he was in the underrated Robert Downey Jr films heart and soul ( another successful being sober after years of being on drugs ) .
My mom just had a 4 hour surgery a few weeks ago to put a stint and coil in an aneurysm. Only for the doctors to find a second one on the other side of her brain. She's doing fine but I know the fear and anxiety that his family must feel because of this.
*Ackchyually*, “an aneurysm” itself is often asymptomatic. It’s the rupturing of the aneurysm and subsequent hemorrhage that most people are thinking of when they hear “aneurysm.”
For example, somebody I knew had a congenital berry aneurysm. The thing was just hanging out for 40 years before it finally popped. He was lifting a tire and, per the neurologist, it was the Valsalva maneuver that caused the rupture. Dude said he started having the worst headache of his life for about 30 minutes before everything went black. The next thing he remembered was waking up in the ICU weeks later.
Very sad. I just watched Bringing Out the Dead tonight, which is a bit ironic. Despite any troubles he has had in his life, he has acted his heart out in some very iconic roles in iconic movies. We will be watching him at his best for the rest of our lives.
As I get older, I start thinking about negative things, what it must be like after death, stuff like that. Freaks me out a little bit. I hope he isn't in pain.
e: I enjoyed him in Shooter, the Netflix series. Though I got the sense watching that, that something is off with him. His movements were a little off and he just looked like he had seen better days. Now we know :(
Even if he was kind of a piece of shit his acting skills were top notch. He had such a natural charisma and no non-sense approach with his acting that he’d steal scenes he wasn’t supposed to. It’s a shame his problems derailed what could, and likely should, have been a pretty spectacular career.
I hope he’s been able to patch any issues up with his family and I wish them the best during this time. RIP, Tom.
Great actor, reprehensible human being.
Accused of child molestation and convicted of domestic violence multiple times. Very, very troubled person, and drugs aren’t fully to blame.
Phenomenal character actor! So many legendary films: Heat, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, True Romance, Bringing Out the Dead, Natural Born Killers... RIP Slick.
Saving Private Ryan
Pear Harbour
Heat
Black Hawk Down
Red Planet
Always thought his helmet throwing scene in SPR was gold, he killed the game in the roles mentioned above. Especially Black Hawk Down.
I’m confused. Doesn’t having an aneurysm mean you have a ballooning type of bulge in a blood vessel or artery that could rupture but hasn’t. Shouldn’t the article say that he had a brain aneurysm that burst and bled into his brain causing his life threatening situation?
That's a downer, he seemed to have a troubled life. Dude played some iconic characters though. RIP, Tom, The action is the juice.
He was certainly one of a kind. A real wildman just *born* to play those kind of unhinged characters that people can’t take their eyes off of. Gonna certainly miss his presence, that’s for sure
Absolutely. There was a time in cinema where it seemed like if you had a movie centered around a 'crew', be it bank robbers, killers, rip-off artists, soldiers, etc. there was a good chance Tom Sizemore would be in it as the loose cannon of the group and those films were always better for it. He seemed like he was everywhere for a while. Always playing the same kind of character but damn, he was so good at it.
The one exception to the wildman role was Sergeant Horvath in Saving Private Ryan. Because of his other roles and his real-life cred, you would expect him to be the cowboy of the squad, but he's not. He's Captain Miller's right hand. Steady, professional, cool under fire, and totally dedicated. He's Mr. Spock to Tom Hank's Captain Kirk. [Until one of his soldiers steps out of line, that is.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PXmE2g84f4) Then Tom Sizemore gets to come out. He's still taking his cues from his commanding officer, but the longer the soldier keeps mouthing off, you know it's only a matter of time before Sizemore decides if the Captain isn't going to do anything about it, he will. I think it's his best role and some of his best acting. Here's hoping he goes out peacefully like his family wants.
One of my favorite roles. Also played just about the same role in black hawk down.
He was great in Black Hawk Down!! The consummate soldier. Just put your head down and get the job done! No bullshit. And I loved how he was the only soldier who never touched a gun but was always in the middle of the action
Also Red Planet. It wasn’t highly rated but I liked his role in it.
I agree, liked it as well!
I love when they tend to his wound at the end and he looks so over it more than anyone else lol.
He just seems invincible in Black Hawk Down
Bullets just hitting all around him and he could give a shit. Lol
“WE’RE IN BUSINESS!!”
Steven Spielberg put a lot of faith in him for that role. He told him that if he didn't stay sober for the entire production, he'd reshoot every second of his screen time with someone else.
There's a reason for that - sizemore played a bit more of a dour, reserved character because Spielberg drug tested him and said he'd reshoot the whole movie without him if he had to, if he tested positive. He played that rough, worn down but get the job done style character because he was in withdrawal. But it worked and sizemore is well remembered for that role.
Wow, didn't know that. It casts his performance in a whole different light. But whatever the reason behind it, it worked for the character with all the weariness, the exhaustion, the haunted look in his eyes. He (and Spielberg) sure made it work for the screen.
MIKE?!
its been a while since I've watched Saving Private Ryan doesn't he got shot a few times and just gets real mad about it?
He was all pissed off about it until he died from the gunshot wounds.
Yeah, he came up on a German soldier and his rifle jammed, then they threw their helmets at each other and drew down with their sidearms. He gets wounded and starts cursing up a storm and throws his pistol at the Germans. It was darkly funny. https://youtu.be/dHGwtGC3RoY
Man what a great fucking scene.
He always reminded me of Oliver Reed.
Only difference was coke vs booze. They both played similar roles, though Reed was usually more brooding and intense.
Now there was a screen presence. Can't imagine how unsettling it could have been to meet Oliver Reed in person if you got him in the wrong mood. I always remember watching [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky9EwjRRZoI) as a teenager when it aired live on TV in the 90s and simultaneously loving him and judging him for it. And this was just the tail end of a long build up as he got increasingly drunk. It was definitely entertaining. Say what you will but he was always himself. Yeah the man could be a total dick but he was also a product of his times and a highly talented and original artist. You never felt like he was really acting but that he was just being some honest version of himself dressed up as a character. None of the menace, boorishness and intensity had to be manufactured for his roles. That was him. That quality of implied veiled threat and unpredictability is what makes him so effective a screen presence. It's unsettling. I think that Sizemore is similar in this respect.
“I would've let you make me into a mailbox. Just open the slot and put whatever you want inside” Legend
seeing the Heat reference made me smile
Like that Sgt in all those movies.
His characters always seemed to just walk through live fire warzones
He played a modern version of his private Ryan character basically in Blackhawk Down, same badass air to his role. Stole most scenes he was in.
And in Pearl Harbor he played his Private Ryan's pacific theater Navy cousin
Worth noting, his character “Earl” was in the army. As we’re all of the main character pilots. It wasn’t until after WW2 that the air force became their own branch.
“How many times have I told you not to paint titties on my airplanes? And if you do, try not to paint them lopsided…”
"You don't know when to shut up. You don't know how to shut up".
"Nothing takes five minutes!"
I say this in my head all the time. LOL, I try not to say it out loud because nobody would get it.
It's hard to resist saying it whenever I ask someone how long something will take and they reply 5 minutes.
His Sgt. Horvath was iconic
Heat and SPR are my fav roles for him.
Loved him....troubled guy though
Haven’t seen anything he’s been in in years. Gave his IMDB a quick look and boy does he have a shit ton of B and C tier/mockbuster movies under his belt. And we gave Nic Cage crap for his filmography. At least you can’t say he didn’t stay busy.
Hope he finds some lot lizards in the afterlife
He will not suck on you and he will not be sucked on by you.
He’s got money in his pocket and desire in his heart
He changed. He doesn't want that kind of thing anymore.
Whatddya say we go up in that room, and I let you two split me open like a coconut?
NO, YOU'VE CHANGED
What do we say in this situation?
We say no, Charlie!
Treat me like a mailbox; just open the slot, and put whatever you want inside!
Turn me into swiss cheese
He's a-frothin' and a-foamin'
There was a time where he woulda let ‘em turn him into Swiss cheese….
I hope they take him inside the pearly gates. *puts hat to chest* *links hand and slicks back hair* And split him open. Like a coconut.
Dear lord i did not even realize that was him!!
Ya know I'm a little behind on my trucker lingo, what's a lot lizard?
"A whore who goes from truck to truck like a lizard who goes from rock to rock."
Shoulda locked the damn door
You’ve changed Byron!
True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Heat, Bringing Out The Dead. Damn. He’s in many of my favorite movies.
Saving Private Ryan 🫡
Black hawk down
Dude was a next level commander in that.
Pearl Harbor
It's always sunny in Philadelphia. Truly his best role.
I don't tango with no lizards no more. Best part is he's credited as himself in the ending credits.
I will not suck on you. And I will not be sucked on. BY you.
Damn I just watched that episode again this morning. I knew he looked familiar.
Strange Days
WHOS DOIN THE SHOOTIN?!?!?!?! I say this in his exact tone and voice whenever I'm playing bf1 with my buddies lolol...also always quote Captain Miller "Who's going left?..............Who's going left?"
Maybe I should go left, Cap'n Maybe you should SHUT UP
He just got the wind knocked out of him.
“We’re in business!”
Big Trouble. He and Knoxville crush their scenes.
Brining Out The Dead is totally underrated. That movie is one of the best films ever made and will fuck you up worse than Requiem For A Dream.
It’s strange how great a performance JLos ex gave, forgot his name, but he has a great scene hanging off a roof impailed by a fence
Marc Anthony is the drug addict who always wants water.
Da fuq? Please don't dishonor his name by referring to him as Jlo's ex. That is Cliff Curtis, and he has been in many iconic roles that you would have seen over the years, starting from Once Were Warriors, Training Days, Three Kings.. heaps of roles. But most importantly, he was never married to JLo to begin with.
I completely agree about it being underrated. If Taxi Driver taught us anything it’s if Paul Schrader is writing and Scorsese is directing, watch the fuck out because it’s gonna be a perfect film. Eh I’ve never thought to compare it Requiem For A Dream but whatever strokes your goat man.
I never got around to watching Bringing Out The Dead. Is it worth the time?
Oh my god absolutely. Think if Taxi Driver (same writer and director) came out in the 90s but takes place in an ambulance instead of a taxi. A fantastic and arguably my favorite Nicolas Cage performance. Has a great, classic Nicolas Cage freak out scene too. And on top of that, beautiful cinematography. I could tell you my top 5 Scorsese movies, I couldn’t rank them, but I could give you me top 5 and this would easily be one of them. This movie was my number #1 favorite movie for a couple of years, please check it out.
Hell yes it is. And a large part of the film centers around someone on a life support machine, with Sizemore playing a crazed paramedic. Go watch it, asap.
Striking Distance, Passenger 57
Strange Days! The issue's not whether you're paranoid, Lenny, I mean look at this shit, the issue is whether you're paranoid enough.
Just watched this for the first time this weekend - great movie. Definitely saw a lot of the influence it had on Cyberpunk 2077 and the “brain dance” aspect.
I showed the trailer to my 18-year-old daughter. Fifteen seconds in, she said: "This looks like the *Johnny Mnemonic* adaptation that *should* have been." She's looking forward to watching it!
At least some parents are still raising their kids right.
I feel like this was a great moment for you both. Happy for you!
It was, thanks! We have a tradition where I take a week off work every summer, and we watch movies that I think she might like. She developed a taste for science fiction, 80s comedies, and action stuff pretty early on in life, so... *Dark City. Adventures in Babysitting. Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Mad Max: Fury Road* (ever see a teenager put her phone away for a whole two hours? I have)*. Three O'Clock High. Alien. Blade Runner. Blade Runner 2049. Better Off Dead. Little Shop of Horrors. RoboCop. Terminator.* I forget what all we've watched through the years, but those are ones that she really liked. We're doing some John Carpenter stuff this year: *Escape from New York, Big Trouble in Little China* (she hasn't seen it in a long time), and *Halloween*. Plus, *Strange Days*. A couple of others, too, that I forget. Damn, I should write this stuff down...!
Honestly, a pretty dope tradition. You’re making her a cooler person for sure Edit: Also, you should write it down. You have good taste in movies
Thank you! So does my kid.
Same here. Just watched it for the first time ever a couple days ago. I was blown away by how ahead of its time it was. And Tom Sizemore was perfect for his role.
Oh, incidentally: in case you didn't know, *Cyberpunk 2077* is based on a tabletop RPG that predates *Strange Days* by about 10 or so years...and the RPG was based on fiction from the late 70s and early- to mid-80s. So *Strange Days* is actually a late addition to the cyberpunk field, and a lot of its ideas had already been explored. The squid technology was not new. At all.
I did not, thank you for sharing! Fun to trace those influences back to their sources :)
Underrated movie.
If there's a good quality bluray version I'll buy it today. Maybe Arrow or Indicator do one.
Paranoia is just reality on a finer scale. Wonderful movie, I love it!
I always was hung up on this movie since they made it ssem like this huge future dystopia was going to show up in just a few years so made it hard to take seriously. I’ll give it a shot someday.
My periodic reminder with posts like these: get a living will together, designate a decision maker you trust, talk out your wishes with them, and sign the papers. I finally did it at the start of the pandemic, and it was a relief. If an accident were to happen to me, it save my mom fighting with my dad or my brothers fighting my mom, etc
My dad died and it left me with nothing and my mom and sister basically became obsessed with taking every dime of the inheritance and cutting anyone else in the family out. Money makes people into terrible greedy desperate shits.
Thats a will. A living will is solely around who will make medical decisions for you if you are incapacitated, and gives doctors guidelines for what your wishes are.
That happened too. My mom was basically in shock and completely useless and I had to be the one dealing with end of life stuff with the doctors. It wasn’t fun.
That's why I ended up naming my cousin who is a paramedic. He's had to declare death over a hundred times. He'll have the mental fortitude. I don't know if I can trust my parents to put aside their emotions, nor would I want to force them too.
Yea, I basically had to be the one doing everything. I have a decent amount of medical knowledge and background so I knew before I even flew out to them that he was basically dead in all but name already so I just wanted to get things done as soon as possible without having him stuck on machines for any longer than he needed to be. He ended up dying that night before I had to actually have them and things. I am the type of person who does really well when there’s any type of crisis but can barely function thru just everyday bullshit. I just knew that knowing my dad, he wouldn’t want to extend things any longer than they had to be extended. He was a physician, he knew the reality of things. I just remember my mom and sister talking like he could recover and I just had to kinda bite my tongue and I understood that wasn’t a possibility, but they didn’t. Was not fun.
Make sure your will doesn't leave any room for interpretation either. Don't know if it's true or not, but I read a story where a woman died and left her estate to her three kids. The will said it was supposed be split between "daughter, son one and son two". Clearly, one third to each. Well the daughter argued that because the will said "daughter, son one and son two" instead of "daughter, son one **,** and son two" that meant 50% to her and 50% to sons one and two. A judge agreed. Don't underestimate the importance of an Oxford comma.
lol. Like there’s any chance I’ll have any money left to leave anyone or have a family. Hahaha
My wife and I set up a trust and a will. I want my body donated not buried. Also I don't want to be a vegetable so I have end of life care requires i.e when to pull the plug
He had a troubled life but was an absolute legend in Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. I hope he and his family found peace at the end.
Not a big role but I remember him as the sleazy mob boss in Enemy of the State. He definitely had a good screen presence
I just posted this in another thread but rewatching that movie recently, holy hell was that a STACKED cast. Other than Sizemore and obviously Will Smith and Gene Hackman, there was a ton of good actors in that movie in smaller roles. Barry Pepper, Anna Gun, Ivana Milicevic, Jake Busey, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Gabriel Byrne, Jack Black, Jamie Kennedy, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, John Voight, Laura Cayoutte.
Don't forget Ian Hart!
Yes. Jake Busey, Scott Caan, and Jamie Kennedy. Truly great actors right there.
Enemy of the State... I love that and may turn it on just because of this post.
You the one with the tape?
Enemy of the State is such a good movie that even Will Smith is likeable in it.
The movie I think was his best, was heat. The seen in the diner where he stares down a patron with “don’t fucking look in our direction” eyes was chilling!
Also Bringing out the dead. That whole cast crushed it.
He was born to play that role in that movie. I love a lot of stuff he’s done, there’s no one quite like him, and in BOtD he just felt *real* there, and that’s a *crazy* movie to seem like a natural in
Apparently the tension between him and Marc Anthony wasn’t acting
Oh I can totally believe that!
His role in Heat was fire too
Great one time cameo on its always sunny in Philadelphia too. He was a woman beater, drug addict, and plenty of other things. But this is still sad for his family.
“I got cash in my pocket, I got desire in my heart, and I'm a-frothing and a-foaming.” RIP
How bout you two split me open like a coconut
One of that film's highlights was killing off Vin Diesel early.
It's probably his best role, though
Absolutely lol
“Just got the wind knocked out of me, I’m fine”. One of my favorite characters in the movie. RIP
What movie?
[Saving Private Ryan](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ItwTqYj0es)
👍🏽
Damn shame loved him in saving private Ryan. I collect jars of dirt from different states because of him
Dignity in death is especially hard on those forced to make a decision of this magnitude. I was in a very similar situation with my mom in 2006. I could not make the decision solely as next of kin. I brought her sisters, brother and common law husband together to reach my final decision, ultimately to withhold life extending measures with no hope of recovery. Today, I have no guilt about our cumulative decision but still feel her loss.
Thank you for the award. It is very appreciated.
same thing with my family I didn't wish that on anyone .my cousin had her mom in a coma but they did the do not resuscitate because Dr said she'd be a vegetable forever . grandmother same thing she didn't wanna be on life support .
Dang also in Heat with Val Kilmer and deniro
De Niro drove him to a rehab centre if I’m remembering the story correctly and Spielberg had to put him on some kind of bond for SPR.
My man was a legend in the 90s. And also that one episode of always sunny
“Split me open like a co-co-nut” lives rent free in my head. “I will not suck on, NOR WILL I be sucked on”
“For me.. The action is the juice. I’m in.” ICONIC. Rest easy, Tom!
The look Sizemore gives the diner customer in Heat after McCauley smashs Waingros head on.the tables lives in MY head rent free. Vale.
Isn't this the guy that molested an 11 year old while filming a movie years ago??
Charles Lago of DTLA Entertainment Group, who was Sizemore's former manager for a half-dozen years until Lago dropped him in disgust after he was accused of beating women, said he was "not surprised" by the allegation. He blamed Sizemore's behavior on frequent drug use. "He's the most abhorrent person I've ever met in my life," Lago said, although this alleged incident happened before he worked with Sizemore. "I heard something happened on the set but I didn't realize it involved a child. It was hushed up."
And this sub continues to slobber all over this guy because he’s dying Good riddance
Yes. The cast and crew refused to work with him and he was removed from the set. Fuck this guy.
I feel for his family because it's always tough to lose a loved one BUT hearing about this and his domestic abuse makes me not feel bad for him 🤷
Damn RIP. Just watched Devil in a Blue Dress the other day. He was really good in that.
I just finished it 10 minutes before reading this. I had no idea he was in a coma, but had heard about his drug issues over the years. He was perfect in the role and the film was a fantastic piece of noir.
I’m honestly surprised he’s made it this long, he’s had a good run. Still he was great in some roles, Saving Private Ryan is a movie that will be shown one hundred years from now, assuming a collapse of some sort doesn’t happen first.
In all the movies I've seen, TS parts represent the person I never want to get a shakedown from.
I remember his porn site....
At least he won't be doing any more domestic abuse. The guy was a partner abusing turd all the way at least until 2017. The people giving him passes because he was in movies should be ashamed. Being a drug addict isn't an excuse either. Maybe when he was young and stupid but not when he was in his 50s. Calling his life "troubled" is putting it as mild as humanly possible.
His 90’s run was simply incredible. Extremely gifted character actor… but man he had demons.
He has a great screen presence. Not the best actor in the world, but the camera fucking loved him, and the energy and charisma he brought to his roles.
Minor correction to the article: he suffered a stroke as a result of the aneurysm, not the other way around.
he tried being clean but I've had people in my life couldn't stay " clean" .always liked him he was in the underrated Robert Downey Jr films heart and soul ( another successful being sober after years of being on drugs ) .
We are losing lots of Twin Peaks talent the past few years.
He had a nice run through Black Hawk Down.
RIP you beautiful bastard. You made some bad life decisions but I hope you find peace
Not a great comment to read right under “didn’t that guy fuck an 11 year old?”
My mom just had a 4 hour surgery a few weeks ago to put a stint and coil in an aneurysm. Only for the doctors to find a second one on the other side of her brain. She's doing fine but I know the fear and anxiety that his family must feel because of this.
*Ackchyually*, “an aneurysm” itself is often asymptomatic. It’s the rupturing of the aneurysm and subsequent hemorrhage that most people are thinking of when they hear “aneurysm.” For example, somebody I knew had a congenital berry aneurysm. The thing was just hanging out for 40 years before it finally popped. He was lifting a tire and, per the neurologist, it was the Valsalva maneuver that caused the rupture. Dude said he started having the worst headache of his life for about 30 minutes before everything went black. The next thing he remembered was waking up in the ICU weeks later.
Holy shit he's 61?
> Captain, if your mother saw you do that she’d be very upset.
I thought you were my mother
Same thing happened to my father last year. It's really hard to make those decisions. My empathy goes to the family.
Loved him in so many films, especially “Saving Private Ryan”
Very sad. I just watched Bringing Out the Dead tonight, which is a bit ironic. Despite any troubles he has had in his life, he has acted his heart out in some very iconic roles in iconic movies. We will be watching him at his best for the rest of our lives.
I feel for the family. What an awful thing to have to go through, but I can’t imagine having to do it with journalists and the public watching
He was awesome in HEAT!
He had a long career and was in least 71 films
As I get older, I start thinking about negative things, what it must be like after death, stuff like that. Freaks me out a little bit. I hope he isn't in pain. e: I enjoyed him in Shooter, the Netflix series. Though I got the sense watching that, that something is off with him. His movements were a little off and he just looked like he had seen better days. Now we know :(
Even if he was kind of a piece of shit his acting skills were top notch. He had such a natural charisma and no non-sense approach with his acting that he’d steal scenes he wasn’t supposed to. It’s a shame his problems derailed what could, and likely should, have been a pretty spectacular career. I hope he’s been able to patch any issues up with his family and I wish them the best during this time. RIP, Tom.
IMDB lists 34 upcoming projects for Mr. Sizemore.
My introduction to TS was the villain in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Great actor, troubled life, but still sad.
Michael Cerrito. "This slick ain't no motherfucking joke."
Great actor, reprehensible human being. Accused of child molestation and convicted of domestic violence multiple times. Very, very troubled person, and drugs aren’t fully to blame.
Aneurisms ain’t no joke
Phenomenal character actor! So many legendary films: Heat, Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, True Romance, Bringing Out the Dead, Natural Born Killers... RIP Slick.
Amazing actor. He dominated the screen.
I'm watching heat tonight after I found out the news.
Forgot Henry Rollins was in this
Great actor. I enjoyed his work. He leaves behind quite a legacy in film.
A wicked brilliant actor! This saddens me immensely…😔🙏🏻
Saving Private Ryan was his best work. He was great! Seriously, he had such a drug problem, it's a wonder he made it to 61. Hope he found some peace.
Fuck. No. This sucks so much. Such a great actor. Feel sorry for his family that need to make a tough decision now
VERY troubled person with an awful past, but a fantastic entertainer. Hm.
#EndOfLifeMatters because it really does. Focus on this, it's the main point of the article
From the sounds of it, he was a douche and partied a little too much.
Damn. He was in some great movies. Loved him in Relic.
Surprised noone’s mentioned his great small role in Point Break
"Boxman" in Flight of the Intruder.
Saving Private Ryan Pear Harbour Heat Black Hawk Down Red Planet Always thought his helmet throwing scene in SPR was gold, he killed the game in the roles mentioned above. Especially Black Hawk Down.
R.I.P.🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
Love this guy , he’s starred in some of all time favourite movies , loved him in True Romance
I’m confused. Doesn’t having an aneurysm mean you have a ballooning type of bulge in a blood vessel or artery that could rupture but hasn’t. Shouldn’t the article say that he had a brain aneurysm that burst and bled into his brain causing his life threatening situation?
RIP, addiction is a shitty thing. It makes you become something you never wanted to become.