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Thor Actor Ray Stevenson Dead astatine 58, Marvel Stars React
Ray Stevenson's movie bequest continues to unrecorded on.
The Thor actor, who died connected May 21 astatine property 58, was precocious honored by manager Péter Soós successful a touching letter, wherever the filmmaker spoke of wanting to wage tribute to Ray with movie 1242 Gateway to the West. The humanities drama, successful which Ray portrays Cardinal Cesereani, was the actor's past movie relation anterior to his death.
"I person realised the overwhelming value of the work that has fallen upon maine with our enactment unneurotic connected what is surely your past diagnostic film," Péter wrote in a message to Deadline. "I volition bash my precise champion to honour this. I person earlier maine an representation of you connected acceptable analysing Cesareani's quality with passion. You loved playing him and we had adjacent begun to program a prequel movie astir the Cardinal."
Péter further reflected connected Ray's quality to seizure everyone's attention—both connected and disconnected set—with his magnetic personality.
"During the clip we spent unneurotic connected some sides of the camera, I came to acquisition however passionately you act, however passionately you live; however overmuch you emotion to enactment and live," Péter added. "Everywhere you went connected set, successful the hotel, determination was laughter each around. In conscionable a infinitesimal we each fell nether the spell of your overwhelming vitality. You were adored by everybody. It was an honour to marque a movie with you."
And Ray's past lines successful the movie are arsenic impactful.
"Your past enactment successful the movie was, ‘I shall beryllium with you!' I've got your message," Péter shared. "I committedness you, that's however it volition be."
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Following quality of Ray's passing, members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe mourned the loss on societal media.
"I would person loved much clip with you," Thor: Love and Thunder's Jaimie Alexander wrote connected Instagram. "So overmuch more. Rest, my brother. On 1 knee, my fist implicit my heart. You cognize what it means. I'm sending truthful overmuch emotion to your beauteous family. Love you."
Ray is survived by his kids Sebastiano, Leonardo and Lodovico, who helium shared with his ex, Bridgerton histrion Ruth Gemmell. His origin of decease has not been shared.
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