Treat Williams' 'Chesapeake Shores' Co-Star Barbara Niven Emotionally Remembers Him and His Legacy (Exclusive)
13.06.2023 - 23:36
/ etonline.com
Treat Williams is being remembered. The and actor died Monday at 71 after being involved in a motorcycle accident.
Following news of his death, Williams' co-stars, collaborators and friends, including Kim Cattrall, John Travolta, Matt Bomer and 's Gregory Smith, paid tribute to the late actor, whose career spanned more than four decades. One of his later works was Hallmark Channel's where he played the patriarch of the family, Mick O'Brien, for six seasons from 2016 to 2022. His co-star, Barbara Niven, who portrayed his character's estranged wife and later love interest, Megan, spoke with ET's Deidre Behar and emotionally remembered her friend and the legacy he's leaving behind.«It's really hard to even consider the fact that he's not here because he was just so larger than life.
He just filled up the room, filled up the set,» Niven said. «What a blessing to be able to have worked with him on for six years in that kind of atmosphere where we all became a family.»«My heart is just… He left his family so much, and they must be so bereft and heartbroken and that's mostly what I'm thinking about,» she continued, referring to Williams' wife, Pam Van Sant, and children, Gill and Elinor, aka «Ellie.» «Treat just lived a large life in every way.
He savored it. He loved to eat, he loved good wine.
He loved to break out into singing in the green room, and that's how we'll all remember him.»The actress recalled Williams' love of flying and being a pilot, calling it one of her «favorite things about him.»«He talked about it all the time and one of my favorite poems is called by John Gillespie Magee. And this is what I think Treat is doing right now because he always used to text me photos of himself looking out the window from his
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