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Star of Eminem’s ‘Stan’ video still stans for the rapper

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Nearly two decades after starring in the video for Eminem’s „Stan,“ Devon Sawa still loves the Detroit rapper and his music.
Nearly two decades after starring in the music video for Eminem ’s song “Stan,” Devon Sawa still stans for the rapper.
The Canadian actor talked to Vice about starring in the video 18 years ago and the unexpected contribution it made to online discourse.
In the video, Sawa, now 40, plays an overzealous Eminem fan named Stan who, after having his numerous letters ignored by the rapper, drives his car into a river killing himself and his pregnant girlfriend.
In the years since the video’s release, “stan” has become online shorthand for obsessive fans and obsessive fan behavior (e.

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