15. Robin Related To His Character
Following the release of the film, Robin Williams shared in an interview that he identified with his on-screen character.
Robin Willams as Alan…
When asked if Alan’s relationship with father mirrored his own the star admitted that it was:
“he was a bit stern and kind of elegant,”
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He continued to say the father-son relationship was closer to that of his father and his grandfathers:
“His father had been very wealthy and when his father died, they lost all of that and he was forced to work at a strip mine in Pennsylvania…”
That’s not all he identified with…
In another interview, the star shared that being an only child helped him feel connected to Alan.
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He said:
“I’ve read Jumanji to my four-year-old and six-year-old. They are fascinated and a bit frightened by the black-and-white drawings of monsters under the bed,”
Things got dark real quick…
Williams finished by saying:
”I play a boy who has been swallowed up in the game. By the time he is able to come out, 26 years later, his parents are dead, and he feels lost and alone. That’s something I can understand. As an only child, I had no siblings to play with, and my parents worked hard, and we moved around a lot.”
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