10 Film Sidekicks More Interesting Than The Main Character

3. Teddy Duchamp - Stand By Me

corey feldman Stand By Me is filled with great pre-teen characters. Gordie Lachance feels invisible after the death of his beloved older brother, and Chris Chambers is the kid from the wrong side of the tracks who struggles to be seen as anything other than trouble. Then there's Teddy Duchamp, the wise-cracking smartass with a huge amount of pain below the surface. But while we learn a lot about Lachance and Chambers throughout the movie, Teddy's backstory remains more or less unsaid. We know that he's got issues with his father, who was in a psychiatric hospital after returning home from the war, but it feels like there's so much more going on there. There's so much pain and anger in the way that Teddy screams at the junkyard man who's taunting him, I'm left wishing that I knew more about this sad little boy.
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Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.