February 26
2017
R.I.P. Bill Paxton.
The actor, who played such a memorable role on Agents of SHIELD, has passed away at the age of 61.
Simon
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eddy | February 26, 10:55 CET
Simon | February 26, 11:10 CET
gossi | February 26, 11:44 CET
R.I.P.
Buffyfantic | February 26, 11:45 CET
Simon | February 26, 11:55 CET
ActualSize | February 26, 12:06 CET
Tausif | February 26, 12:24 CET
He was amazing on AoS. I think Garrett was one of the best MCU villains.
TimeTravellingBunny | February 26, 13:04 CET
Yeah. Finding out about that was a fun moment for me as well.
He will be greatly missed.
ETA: Whoops! typos.
[ edited by brinderwalt on 2017-02-27 05:25 ]
brinderwalt | February 26, 13:22 CET
Nebula1400 | February 26, 13:39 CET
Grack21 | February 26, 15:15 CET
In fact someone in the comments at Den of Geek insisted they saw a tweet that he had shot scenes for an episode of AoS doing just that. I hope it's true, and that it's complete enough for them to still use his work. As it would be a really great way for us to see him one more time. He played Garret with such gusto, that it would be nice to see his character effectively on top of the world.
I was actually lucky enough to meet Bill Paxton about a year and a half ago at the London film and Comiccon, and I can confirm that he was every bit as lively, fun, and as generous with his time as you could ever wish him to be. I remember him pretending to get tangled up on the stage curtains when entering for his stage talk, having lots of jokes with folks in the autograph queues, crashing Sigourney Weaver's photo shoots to be a 'guest photographer' and posing for folk next to her for no extra charge. As well as most touchingly, being really kind, warm and and loving to Catherine Tate to put her at ease after she'd had a bad experience earlier. Such a great guy. He's going to be missed tremendously by all who knew him...
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Jas | February 26, 16:47 CET
NYPinTA | February 26, 17:07 CET
Dana5140 | February 26, 19:41 CET
[ edited by TimeTravellingBunny on 2017-02-27 02:23 ]
TimeTravellingBunny | February 26, 20:22 CET
Sahjhan | February 26, 21:11 CET
My sister told me just last week that she was listening to a podcast with him and found him adorable and incredibly nice and intelligent in it.
Kris | February 27, 03:34 CET
Simon | February 27, 04:13 CET
And yeah, it's always more heartbreaking when the reactions come in from people who knew him and vouch for him as a stand up guy. Didn't know him but will miss him just the same. RIP
TallMichaelJ | February 27, 08:41 CET
Bad Karma | February 27, 09:09 CET
He touched my heart most with his appearance in 'A Simple Plan'.
A wonderful movie from Sam Raimi, 1998.
Mel_Anton | February 27, 12:04 CET
Yeah, you're not wrong. I remember folks saying how nice Alan Rickman was. Yet his villainous performances as Hans Gruber, The Sheriff of Nottingham, and Snape for most of the Potter films are ones for the ages. I guess actors with real depth can pull off anything!
Jas | February 27, 15:09 CET
There's plenty of other examples. Television Tropes even has a "Mean Character, Nice Actor" entry.
Someone on a podcast I follow has a theory that it's because real life jerks don't have self-awareness to play jerks. Maybe the nice people find it easier to explore the dark side intentionally.
TimeTravellingBunny | February 28, 05:42 CET
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LOL! That is a good theory. I never thought of it that way before, but it fits.
Jas | February 28, 22:09 CET
punkinpuss | March 01, 17:51 CET