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RIP Anton Yelchin (1989-2016)

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Tragic. Just tragic. That’s the one word going through my mind again and again since word came out yesterday afternoon that actor Anton Yelchin had died in a car accident. He was only 27, taken from us far too soon, and it’s one of those untimely deaths that I’m just having a hard time processing. I interviewed Yelchin a year or so ago while he was out promoting the wonderful film 5 to 7 and he was just a pleasure to speak with, full of life and appreciative of the praise I heaped on him for his performance. I can’t believe he’s gone, but just quickly today I thought I’d write a big about his work and pay tribute to the man. He may have passed, but his performances and movies will be around forever. Yelchin came up as a child actor, first capturing our attention with his performance in the film Hearts in Atlantis. That work begin his movie career, one that would span only about 15 years, but included about 50 separate credits on the big screen alone. He was most recently seen in Green Room, where many felt he did the best work of his career. Before that, however, he broke out to some degree in Charle Bartlett, with Like Crazy being the first time he got onto the radar of awards season. That helped get him into the reboot of Star Trek, where he became a household name. We’ll be seeing him later this summer in the sequel Star Trek Beyond, his third time portraying Pavel Chekov, a crew member of the starship Enterprise. There are other projects in post development as well, so we might have another year of Yelchin to treasure, but there’s also work we’ll never get to see. Obviously we can’t know the full extent of the loss, but for example he was set to play the villain in the television adaptation of Mr. Mercedes, which would have been a fascinating change of pace for him. I was convinced Yelchin would be an Oscar nominee one day, and likely even an Academy Award winner, but tragically that seems like it will never be. Below you’ll see a quick list of what I felt were his best performances, ranging from a romantic lead in things like 5 to 7 or Like Crazy, to a comedic lead in Charlie Bartlett, to genre busting work like earlier this [...]

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