A 39 anni muore Nelsan Ellis, era Lafayette in True Blood: gli attori della serie tv lo ricordano così…

Nelsan Ellis, l’attore afroamericano di “True Blood” ed “Elementary”, è morto a soli 39 anni. A confermare la notizia è stato il suo agente Emily Gerson Saines in un breve comunicato ufficiale dove si parla di complicazioni legate a un attacco cardiaco.

Nato nell’Illinois nel 1978, Ellis era noto al grande pubblico per il suo ruolo di Lafayette Reynolds, il cuoco gay del locale di Sam Merlotte, e uno dei personaggi ricorrenti di “True Blood”. Di recente era entrato a far parte del cast della quinta stagione di “Elementary”, interpretando il ruolo di Shinwell Johnson per undici episodi.

Buon viaggio Nelsan, noi ti ricorderemo sempre così…

 

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Un post condiviso da Alexander Skarsgard (@worldofskarsgard) in data: 8 Lug 2017 alle ore 21:27 PDT

Shocking and heartbreaking RIP Nelsan

Un post condiviso da @_annapaquin in data: 8 Lug 2017 alle ore 14:36 PDT

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Un post condiviso da Alexander Skarsgard (@worldofskarsgard) in data: 8 Lug 2017 alle ore 16:42 PDT

Crushed today by the loss of my friend and castmate Nelsan Ellis. He was a wonderful person, a pioneer, and a one of a kind artist. Watching him work was like watching someone channel a spirit. It was mesmerizing. RIP

Un post condiviso da Joe Manganiello (@joemanganiello) in data: 8 Lug 2017 alle ore 12:58 PDT

One of the first places we shot on the pilot of True Blood was Sam Merlotte’s Bar. The kitchen Suzuki Ingerslev built in Merlotte’s had a walk in freezer & working gas burners. It remained my favourite set throughout all 7 seasons – when shooting in Louisiana many months later she took us to the actual bar she had used as inspiration. It was almost as amazing as our Merlotte’s, but not quite – They didn’t have a Lafayette. In the scene that was being shot that day, Lafayette, a male cross-dressing short order cook in the show, was expounding on his theory of men’s fear of the female anatomy.. specifically, the vagina. ‘I know every man whether straight, gay or George MotherFuckin’ Bush is afraid of the pussy..’ I’m not sure I have ever seen, before or since, people crowd around a monitor at video village with their hands clapped to their mouths from shock, sheer laughter and wonder as the actor playing Lafayette jiggled and shook and humped the butchers block to get his point across. it was completely original, funny, sardonic, risqué and brilliant. That was Nelsan Ellis. All of the above. I turned to Alan Ball when the scene was finished and whispered… ‘you can’t kill him!’ (Lafayette’s death at the of the first book is the cliffhanger that leads to Book 2… ) Nelsan Ellis was the only actor in the 7 years of True Blood whom Alan allowed to improvise. Actually, I’m going to take that back. It wasn’t that Alan allowed him to do it, it was more that when Nelsan inhabited the world of Lafayette, he quite literally COULDN’T STOP himself. It was like he was possessed. In actuality Nelsan was quiet, smart, thoughtful, warm and kind. A published playwright himself. I think it would be fair to say that he taught all of us that intent and courage and fearlessness and freedom are the aspects of playing make-believe that spark the corners of the room where the dark is most impenetrable; to shine a light on those corners within ourselves is the very reason we go back time and again to Movies, TV shows and Theatre. To see that spark ignited. Nelsan had that electricity in an abundance I have rarely seen. I can’t believe he’s gone. #nelsanellis

Un post condiviso da Steve Moyer (@stephenmoyer) in data: 8 Lug 2017 alle ore 23:50 PDT