movie, a flashback to the night of the crime and maybe this was the scene he needed to play to finally move on. >> i wondered how it must have been your portraying him when he died. >> that was one of the very few instances in my life where it was actually much harder and much more painful than i started out thinking it was going to be. >> his wife was with him on set for that one. >> brooks was up stairs before we filmed and he was just gut-wrenching bawling saying, i just feel so bad for my mom and dad. he knew that was their last day, and he was so young and had so much to live for, and that whole night was really excruciating for everyone, more real than you would have imagined.