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Devon Sawa Reveals This Child Star Icon Almost Played “Stan” in Eminem’s Video Instead of Him · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: One of the most iconic, impactful music videos of the
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  Speaker 2: two thousands or aughts landed within the first few months
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  Speaker 2: of the century with Eminem's Stan, which a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people don't know is co directed by Doctor Dre. Stan
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  Speaker 2: was played by a young actor at the time, Devin Sawa,
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  Speaker 2: best known for Final Destination. But Devin just revealed on
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  Speaker 2: the Inside of You podcast that almost started another actor
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  Speaker 2: that would have led to very different results Home Alones,
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  Speaker 2: Mcaulay Culkin. Devin says, I heard they cast me because
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  Speaker 2: doctor Drey was a big fan of Final Destination. They
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  Speaker 2: went after McCauley first, and he couldn't do it for
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  Speaker 2: whatever reason. My agents tried to talk me out of it,
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  Speaker 2: but I did it anyways. I don't know if it
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  Speaker 2: did anything for my career, but I'll go to my
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  Speaker 2: grave with it one of the top five things I'm
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  Speaker 2: most proud of. I knew it was gonna be big.
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  Speaker 2: This is the TRL era. I knew it would play
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  Speaker 2: in a loop for a couple months, and it did.
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  Speaker 2: That's Stan himself, Devin Sawa, who currently stars on Chucky
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  Speaker 2: streaming on
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  Speaker 1: Peacock That's Direct from Hollywood,