- Tim Cappello

(based loosely on information obtained at www.imdb.com)

Now just about everyone has seen the movie "The Lost Boys", and the scene that leaves the most scathingly haunting mark behind was not when the vampires awoke while hanging upside down after being stabbed by a stake, or when Keiffer Sutherland tore a man's head off while a car radio in the distance played "Walk This Way". No, it would definately have to be Tim Cappello, sweatily playing his Saxophone, while Corey Haim's gay character smiles in approval. Just try to get that out of your head... No, I'm serious, try.

Timmy's career was a humble beginning, travelling the country with a "no-body" comedian named Billy Crystal. Cappello had the troubling task of playing a harmonica, while Crystal simply had to think of funny improvisations at the drop of the hat. Tim Cappello eventually felt tired of carrying the comedy team on his back, and intelligently decided he wasn't going anywhere with a "no-body" like Billy Crystal. When comparing the two performers careers today, it's safe to say that Tim made the smart decision!

As Tim had hoped, his career took off, and he was offered a spot with Tina Turner, acompanying her on the road. Cappello admired Tina's strong will, her strength, and musical style. After leaving Ike Turner, Tina just liked Tim for gentle nature and ambiguosly gay look.

Turner had just completed shooting in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. Cappello saw this as proof that just about anyone could star in a movie, no matter how terrible their acting ability. Tim turned his eye towards the big screen, and that was when his life changed forever.

In the summer of 1987, the casting crew for "The Lost Boys" had a very decent script about young, wiley, born-to-be wild teenage vampires. They had Keiffer Sutherland, with bleach-blonde hair. They had a shirtless Jason Patric. They even had a young Corey Haim, as Jason Patric's gay little brother, gazing at pin-ups of Rob Lowe in heat. For some reason, the casting crew decided they wanted to make this horror flick even more gay. That was when they layed their eyes on Tim Cappello, lying shirtless on the grass, lubing his chest with crisco, preparing for an audition for "Last Tango in Paris 2". Tim's destiny was sealed, and forever will he be known as "the sweaty, ambiguosly-gay saxophone player on the beach in the The Lost Boys."

Notable Credits:

Miami Vice (1987).... as himself, walking in the background of a scene unknowingly.

What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)... yeah, big surprise.

Frontine (PBS) (1999)... producers signed Cappello to score the background music for a few episodes. Cappello agreed, half out of the goodness of his heart, and half because his pledge check for $20 had bounced the week before.

-EM

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