Kiefer Sutherland reflects on ‘extraordinary’ day filming A Few Good Men courtroom scene with Rob Reiner

Kiefer Sutherland has fond memories of shooting the famous courtroom scene in the 1992 movie A Few Good Men under the direction of the late Rob Reiner.

Kiefer Sutherland has recalled an “extraordinary” day filming the famous courtroom scene in A Few Good Men with the late Rob Reiner.

The 58-year-old star has reflected on getting the chance to watch the director at work during the sequence when Jack Nicholson’s character Colonel Nathan Jessep shouts the immortal line “You can’t handle the truth!” in the 1992 legal drama.

Speaking in the upcoming TV special CBS News: Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life, Kiefer said: “No one said a word, and Rob went up to Jack Nicholson and whispered in her ear, ‘Do you want to do another one?’ And Jack Nicholson said, ‘Well, we’re here’. So they did another one, and it was just as extraordinary.”

The 24 star recalled how the plan had been to shoot for the entire day, but Reiner was so pleased with the scene that he allowed the cast and crew to go home early.

Sutherland said: “They had planned to shoot the whole day, and Rob looked at everybody and said, ‘I couldn’t ask for anything more, so you guys all have the rest of the day off.'”

Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, were found stabbed to death at their home in Los Angeles last weekend and their son Nick Reiner has since been charged with first-degree murder.

The Princess Bride director and his partner were remembered as the “best friends” of their children Romy and Jake Reiner.

Romy, 27, and Jake, 34, said in a statement: “Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day.

“The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience.

“They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends.”

The siblings went on to thank people for their love and support and appealed for “compassion and humanity” when discussing the circumstances surrounding their deaths.

They added: “We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and support we have received not only from family and friends but people from all walks of life.

“We now ask for respect and privacy, for speculation to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave.”