Black Bird cast and crew pays tribute to Ray Liotta at Apple TV+ premiere
What you need to know
- Apple hosted the premiere of its new crime drama Black Bird this week.
- Stars including Taron Egerton were in attendance in LA.
- They took the opportunity to pay tribute to their late co-star Ray Liotta.
Apple held the premiere for its hotly-anticipated new crime drama Black Bird in LA this week, with both cast and crew taking the opportunity to honor their late co-star Ray Liotta.
On Wednesday, stars of the upcoming Apple TV+ show were in attendance at the Bruin Theater in Los Angeles, including cast members Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Sepideh Moafi, and showrunner Dennis Lehane.
The exciting new show is due to debut on Apple TV+ next week and is inspired by actual events. From Apple:
The show is also poignant because it will be one of the last screen appearances of the late Ray Liotta, who tragically died in May, less than two months before the show was due to air. Both cast and crew paid tribute to Liotta at the premiere.
"He's a magnificent actor and a magnificent person," said Greg Kinnear in comments made to Variety. "He was a great guy. Listen, I would say he was great no matter what — I mean he could've read the phone book in this thing and I would say he's great — but I genuinely think he's extraordinary in this in a way that is going to knock people out."
Writer Dennis Lehane said that Liotta "meant everything to us," and that the part was written for Liotta, who was "as good as advertised" and a "complete, consummate professional."
In an interview on The Jess Cagle Show earlier this week, Egerton shared the touching text message he had received from Liotta before he died. From HuffPost:
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