Hollywood heavy hitters are mourning the passing of celebrated actor Ray Stevenson, 58, and sharing their condolences on social media. Stevenson was principally referred to as an Asgardian warrior within the Thor franchise, a soldier in HBO’s Rome, a viking in Vikings, and the governor within the hit Indian film RRR.
Actor James Purefoy, who appeared alongside Stevenson in Rome, known as Stevenson a “good, gutsy, larger-than-life actor who crammed each half he performed proper as much as the brim.” Another person shared a gif of Stevenson in prime kind.
DC studio co-head James Gunn mentioned Stevenson was “method too younger” and mentioned regardless that they solely interacted sparsely, he was “a pleasure to work with.”
One commenter reminded everybody of different highly effective Stevenson roles.
British actor Scott Adkins mentioned he was “shocked and saddened” by the information.
Rosario Dawson, star of the upcoming Star Wars collection Ahsoka with Stevenson, known as him “a large of a person” and mentioned she was “reeling” from the information.
Science fiction composer Bear McCreary mentioned he was additionally “shocked and saddened” and that he was glad he may write him a theme for his “mesmerizingly unforgettable Blackbeard” in Black Sails. Another person posted a gif for a visial reminder of how Stevenson may fully inhabit a personality.
The official Twitter account for the RRR film mentioned “You’ll keep in our hearts without end.”
Whereas it’s straightforward to neglect, Stevenson had an element in one of many funniest films ever: The Different Guys.
Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Northern Eire, and began appearing on display screen to start with of the Nineties. He’s survived by his three kids with girlfriend Elisabetta Caraccia, an anthropologist.
