What is Samantha Mathis doing now?
What is Samantha Mathis doing now?
Mathis is now 49, and is rehearsing six nights a week for her role in the play Make Believe, which opens later this month in New York. “There’s great power in art to reflect back our humanity, and there’s something really exciting about doing that live,” she says. “There’s a nimbleness one must have.
Did Samantha Mathis and River Phoenix date?
Samantha Mathis was with her boyfriend, River Phoenix, when he died Oct. 31, 1993, of a drug overdose outside of Los Angeles’ famed Viper Club. Mathis is breaking her silence about the tragic death 25 years ago.
Who was River Phoenix in love with?
For the last year of his life, in 1993, he dated his The Thing Called Love co-star Samantha Mathis. Mathis was with Phoenix on the night he died.
How did Samantha Mathis meet River Phoenix?
The two costarred together in 1993’s The Thing Called Love. They met before then when she was 19 “and he bummed a cigarette off me in an LA club,” she told The Guardian. “This sounds incredibly cheesy but I knew I would be with him one day,” Mathis explained.
What did Samantha Mathis say about River Phoenix?
“I knew he was high that night, but the heroin that killed him didn’t happen until he was in the Viper Room,” Mathis said. “I have my suspicions about what was going on, but I didn’t see anything.” Mathis and Phoenix met when they were both 19, when he asked her for a cigarette at an L.A. club.
Who was at The Viper Room when River Phoenix died?
On the night of October 30, 1993, Phoenix and his girlfriend Samantha Mathis arrived at The Viper Room. Two of Phoenix’s siblings, Joaquin and Rain, were also in attendance. While Joaquin and Rain didn’t notice anything unusual, Mathis had a feeling that something was off with River.
