Samantha Mathis talks about the death of River Phoenix for the first time
Samantha Mathis has spoken publicly about River Phoenix for the first time since her death in 1993.
The actors met while working on. The thing called love and started a romantic relationship on the set.
Speaking to The GuardianMathis revealed that she recently saw the 1993 comedy for the first time since Phoenix's death and, after the publication approached her, she felt "as if the universe wanted me to talk about him."
Phoenix died at age 23 of an overdose of cocaine and heroin on October 31, 1993 outside the nightclub Viper Room, owned by Johnny Depp, in Los Angeles. The younger sister and the actor's brother, Rai and Joaquin, were in the club, along with Mathis.
"I knew something was wrong that night, something I did not understand," said Mathis. "I did not see anyone doing drugs, but he was drugged in a way that made me feel uncomfortable, it was way over my head." Forty-five minutes later, he was dead.
Mathis says that she went to the bathroom and when she left, Phoenix was in a fight with another man. After security escorted the group, Phoenix began to convulse on the ground.
"I knew he was drugged that night, but the heroine who killed him did not happen until he was in the Viper Room, I have my suspicions about what was happening, but I did not see anything," he said.
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Phoenix was a very famous actor during his life, he received an Oscar nomination for his role in Sidney Lumet Left with nothing. Mathis has had a successful career in Hollywood, becoming a star American Psycho, broken arrow Y Little woman.
Remembering Phoenix, she called him "sensitive and obsessive," adding that she felt things "in her heart very deeply."
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"I think if River were still here, I think he would be acting, directing, saving the environment, just living and hanging out," he said. "Oh, God, would not that be good?"