[From 'REMEMBERING CAMPBELL KANE', James Richards]
"He was the ultimate Xer: generous, charismatic and mysterious. For those who came of age in the 1980s, Campbell Kane was not just the usual teen-idol destined to fade away, he soon made the transition into more adult-oriented movies, becoming one of Hollywood's most promising young actors, constantly winking at the Alternative Rock Scene, even getting married with one of the most Alternative musician of the 1990s. But then, at the height of his popularity, after receiving his first Oscar nomination, The Great CK unexpectedly retired from acting, leaving everyone in shock. What was going on in his mind? What made him choose to hang up his spurs for good at such a young age, allegedly giving up a solid career for a dream, that of becoming a rock musician full-time? Was he trying to prove something? Or, was he already succumbing to the demons that would eventually lead him to be put on a psychiatric hold at Pasadena Hospital, in 1995, and then drive into Los Angeles River, one month later, on that fateful day in October?"
"He was the ultimate Xer: generous, charismatic and mysterious. For those who came of age in the 1980s, Campbell Kane was not just the usual teen-idol destined to fade away, he soon made the transition into more adult-oriented movies, becoming one of Hollywood's most promising young actors, constantly winking at the Alternative Rock Scene, even getting married with one of the most Alternative musician of the 1990s. But then, at the height of his popularity, after receiving his first Oscar nomination, The Great CK unexpectedly retired from acting, leaving everyone in shock. What was going on in his mind? What made him choose to hang up his spurs for good at such a young age, allegedly giving up a solid career for a dream, that of becoming a rock musician full-time? Was he trying to prove something? Or, was he already succumbing to the demons that would eventually lead him to be put on a psychiatric hold at Pasadena Hospital, in 1995, and then drive into Los Angeles River, one month later, on that fateful day in October?"
➥ From Roxy Doom, the graphic novel about the 1990s Reinvented.
