‘The Outsiders’ star Matt Dillon visits Broadway show — poses with producers Angelina Jolie, her daughter Vivienne
Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Matt Dillon, 60, who starred in the 1983 movie “The Outsiders,” stopped by the Broadway musical adaptation (in previews) Wednesday night.
Angelina Jolie, 48, and her daughter, Vivienne, 15, are among the show’s producers, and also posed for snaps with Dillon, along with cast members Sky Lakota-Lynch, Kevin William Paul, Brent Comer, Joshua Boone, Joshua Schmidt and Brody Grant.
In the photos, Dillon is all smiles with the young cast, while Vivienne looks poised and also smiles.
Vivienne is one of Jolie’s children with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, 60, who she split from in 2016. The couple also have Knox, 15, and Shiloh, 17, along with adopted kids Maddox, 22, Zahara, 19, and Pax, 20.
Jolie has kept a low profile since her bitter divorce from Pitt, not appearing in many movies since 2019’s “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.”
About Vivienne producing the play, Jolie told People, “Viv reminds me of my mother in that she isn’t focused on being the center of attention but in being a support to other creatives,” she said, referring to actress Marcheline Bertrand, who died of cancer in 2007 at 56.
“She’s very thoughtful and serious about theatre and working hard to best understand how to contribute,” Jolie added.
Based on the 1967 novel by S.E. Hinton, “The Outsiders” is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the ‘60s. It follows conflicts between poor teens who are divided into groups known as “greasers” and more affluent teens, known as “Socs.”
The movie, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starred C. Thomas Howell as Ponyboy Curtis; Patrick Swayze as his brother, Darrel; Rob Lowe as their other brother, Sodapop; and their friends Johnny Cade (Ralph Macchio) and Dallas Winston (Dillon, who was only 19 at the time of filming). Tom Cruise and Emilio Estevez were also in the movie, making it a “who’s who” of big ’80s stars before they were famous.
“Stay gold, Ponyboy” is a famous line that Johnny says to Ponyboy during the bittersweet ending.
“She is wonderful, She was on the sets… and she really understands the way kids think – especially male kids,” Dillon said about author Hinton, during a 1983 interview about the movie.
“She was the first person to ever write a book that really understood teenagers. Well, of course ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ I shouldn’t forget; it was very honest. I read it and I liked Holden Caulfield because he was so tough and so simple. And with Hinton, I got the same feeling,” he said.
“The Outsiders” on Broadway officially opens April 11.
