Kaley Cuoco just shared the John Ritter board gave her before her death
He was his TV dad on "8 simple rules", the show he featured when he died suddenly at age 54.
Kaley Cuocoacclamation won Recently for its performance on the HBO Max seriesThe stewardess And before that, you are probablyknew her as a penny toBig Bang Theory. But his first TV role was on8 simple rules, ABC Sitcom who ran from 2002 to 2004. In addition to CUOCO, the emblematic Sitcom actor in the seriesJohn Ritter, whodied unexpectedly During the production of the second show season in 2003. In a new interview withVariety, Cuoco said she hadmemorable advice from his television father that she still wears with her today. To see what Ritter told Cuoco before his death, read it.
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Kaley Cuoco said he learned the importance of being kind to John Ritter.
During a recent maintenance of "actors on the actors" forVarietywithElizabeth Olsen, Cuoco shared some of the sage tips she had Ritter, who she said was his "whole world" during8 simple rules. Ritter was featured on television for 30 years when he met Cuoco on the show(which has been originally called8 simple rules ... to date my teenage girlto his death). Of course, he was also known forThe company of three and theChildmovies.
"I remember the conversations when I was 15 years old when he was 15 years old when he said," You must remember when you are on a whole, it's like a tree. Number sound here, and anyway you act, it's all ruining this tree. You can be a boss, you can be an excellent actor, you can do work, but you can just be nice, "said Cuoco Ritter telling him.
"Respect and kindness and thejoy he brought to this setit was amazing, "said CuocoVariety in February 2021.
She said that rit spirit told her he thought she "will go places," he presented it to his management team. "In the future, if I were here one, I knew how I was going to run my set," said Cuoco thinking.
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Today, the co-stars of Cuoco say that it leads the whole of the kindness, just like Ritter.
It seems that Cuoco took advice to run now that sheis number one on the call sheet.Zosia Manet, Cuoco's co-star onThe stewardess, that she also produced, she saidVariety Cuoco has created a welcoming environment for the entire HBO Max series.
"It's a situation so running. The ship's captain - the way they infect everyone," said Maulet. "And it was so clear that Kaley was already proud of what we did. Everyone here accounts. Everyone here is part of this process."
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Cuoco said that his last moments with Ritter still give him chills.
In September 2018, Cuoco saidEntertainment tonightthisShe always receives chills When the name of Ritter presents itself because it "loved it so much".
September 11, 2003, Ritter spread over the whole of8 simple rulesAnd fell ill. It would have been vomiting, experienced nausea andfeeling his chest tighten, according toLos Angeles Times. In the midst of his illness, he called Cuoco finished and said he wanted to talk to him. Cuoco said he had said to him, "I want you to know that I love you" and he hugged it. It was the last time she saw it. He died this night of 54 years of aortic dissection.
Cuoco and she8 simple rules The co-stars have kept the memory of Ritter alive.
Today the8 simple rules Cast continues to honor Ritter and keep his memory alive. "Thank you forkeep making me laugh Every day, "Cuoco wrote on Instagram on September 11, 2020, the 17th anniversary of the death of Ritter.
Martin Spanjers, who played the son of Ritter and the cadet brother of Cuoco on the show, wrote aLong tribute to RitterOn Instagram that day too. "Many people will ask me," What is John Ritter? "- I'll answer with something like: he was the biggest. The kindest, authentic, loving and yes-hilarious", wrote Spanjers. "If you were a random fan approaching him or the head of ABC, he would show you the same respect and gratitude with his time ... Looking in the eyes, happy and remaining incredibly present."
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