Tom Sizemore, supporting legend and tormented and criminal soul of Hollywood, dies

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Despite his magnetic charisma, Tom Sizemore almost never got a leading role, and that he participated in

, between film and television.

In part, because he was one of those tough guys with cloudy eyes, eternally condemned to secondary roles, and also because he was not, in practice,

.

He has been battling his multiple addictions since he was a teenager on the streets of Detroit.

Óscar Aibar, who counted on him to give life to a member of the Abraham Lincoln brigade in his film

(2012), tells that he went to see him in San Diego to offer him the role: "They had just caught him

. He was one of those secondaries with a soul that you always stay with, that always gave something more. I took a risk, because there were only five days of shooting, and everything went well while we filmed in the field, but one Once in Barcelona he set up one in the hotel that they still remember. When we said goodbye, I put on

, a song in which Johnny Cash sings 'Jesus, I don't want to die alone.' He looked at me with a sad face, and I never went back to see him".

A few days ago, on February 18, the 61-year-old actor suffered a brain aneurysm, and the doctors ended up announcing to the two twins given to him by the unknown Janelle McIntire 17 years ago, that "there was no hope" and recommending " put an end to his life."

.

Many will remember him, in fact, for supporting Tom Hanks, with the rank of sergeant, in the patrol sent beyond enemy lines, in the middle of D-Day, to Save Private

(1998), played by Matt Damon .

Sizemore also wore a uniform in other war film classics such as

(2001), although the truth is that his physique, possessed by indomitable inner demons, was above all ideal for

, either as a tough cop or an even tougher criminal, as is the case in

(1995), perhaps the best heist film ever made, which Michael Mann filmed on the advice of the criminal-turned-writer Edward Bunker, specialist in the matter.

The 90s were his prodigious decade.

He chained titles such as

(1991),

(1991),

(1993) or the controversial

(1994), by Oliver Stone, who had already given him a small role in

(1989).

He came to star in

(1997) under the orders of Peter Hyams, and

if he returned to give a positive result in one of those tests that were part of his daily life.

Around that same time, his mother and his good friend Robert De Niro had to show up at his house, to give him a choice between jail or rehab.

He chose the latter, albeit

.

At different times in his life, Sizemore was a user of heroin, opiates, cocaine, benzedrine, benzodiazepine, and marijuana.

In 1999, he divorced Maeve Quinlan because of his addictions, and in 2003 he served a sentence for domestic violence against his partner at the time, Heidi Fleiss, formerly known as

, although the restraining order was suspended when both participated in the fourth season of

, a

celebrity rehab

Facing the gallery, the treatment was a complete success.

But in 2017 Sizemore was again convicted of domestic violence and two years later he was arrested for possession of narcotics.

A lost case.

As is logical, his innumerable scandals, which included

, sunk his career, which was declining in quality, although not in quantity.

The last big milestone for him was to participate in the mythical third season of

.

Ironically, he said goodbye to the fans with a role as a doctor in the series

, a comedy about detoxification.

At least he got to end his run laughing at himself.

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