Red Dawn : Question about Patrick Swayze

Question about Patrick Swayze

I think I remember hearing a long time ago that his father had died and he used it for the scene in the movie when Jed says goodbye to his father. Does anyone know if this is true?

Re: Question about Patrick Swayze

Yes it is true. I was a Swayze fan back in the early 80s, before he had hit it real big in Dirty Dancing, and some of the teen fanzine magazine interviews with him explained how he used the memory of his father as motivation in emotional scenes. Apparently, he called back to his father dying for EVERY movie he was in.
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