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As an actor, Sizemore was all-in, always.
There was nothing so unspeakable that you couldnt picture Sizemore doing it, with gusto.
Its one of the unheralded great screen deaths of the 80s, thanks to Sizemores James Cagneylevel energy.
He responds to the guards taunts that he doesnt have the guts to off himself by repeating Youre wrong!
Sizemore was aces at dying on camera.
But even though he was effective as sweet guys, in fury he became electric.
you’re able to practically smell the moral rot.
Everyone who saw him act wanted him to get clean and stay that way.
Sizemore passed the tests and gave one of his finest performances.
HetoldThe Daily Beast, Honestly, I did it to stay married.
In 2005 he became a father to twin sons Jaden and Jagger, by then-girlfriend Janelle McIntyre.
The rehab shows were sandwiched between arrests on suspicion of battering women, in 2009 and 2011.
The next year the recording was published byThe National Enquirerand recirculated by tabloid websites.
Sizemore said he was surprised to see it because hed paid $500,000 to suppress it.
That was a busy year for him.
Its different with Tom.
Hes a whole other level.
He managed to be surprising, funny, and mesmerizing even in tiny roles that asked little of him.
As of this writing, his IMDB filmography lists 229 titles.
Another 30 have yet to be released.
The darkness that Sizemore channeled onscreen was uniquely disconcerting.
He gave the meanest, bloodiest films a jolt just by showing up.
It wasnt just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me.
