Bonnie Hunt will always remember the reminiscences she made engaged on Jumanji with a really particular costar.
“That film changed into my lifelong friendship with Robin Williams,” Hunt, 63, solely shared with Us Weekly on the Pink One New York premiere on Monday, November 11. “My expensive, expensive shut good friend. I miss him terribly. I’m so glad that we did that film collectively, however extra importantly, that we stayed in one another’s lives day-after-day from that second on.”
Hunt and Williams starred within the 1995 household journey movie primarily based on the kids’s image guide of the identical identify by Chris Van Allsburg. Jumanji grew to become a field workplace hit and sparked sequels and an animated TV collection.
Because the movie continues to make optimistic reminiscences for households 30 years after its launch, Hunt can’t assist however recall the moments she shared with Williams on and offscreen.
“I’m an oncology nurse — that’s what I did earlier than I used to be in present enterprise, and I nonetheless work and volunteer,” she defined to Us. “In all of the years I’ve been volunteering within the most cancers departments, Robin by no means stated no — by no means as soon as — to me asking, ‘Are you able to name this affected person?’ Or, ‘Will you shock this affected person?’ Each time, he stated, ‘Completely,’ and he introduced lots of pleasure, very therapeutic humor.”
Bonnie Hunt and Robin Williams. Araya Doheny/WireImage
Williams died by suicide in August 2014 on the age of 63. Earlier than his dying, the actor was identified with Parkinson’s illness with early signs beginning in 2013.
In line with his post-mortem, Williams had diffuse Lewy our bodies, which contributed to the severity of his despair and nervousness.
If Hollywood had been to create one other Jumanji sequel (one other installment starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is within the works), Hunt stated she can be open to studying extra nevertheless it “is determined by the script, all the time!”
Bonnie Hunt attends the premiere of ‘Pink One’ on November 11, 2024 in New York Metropolis. Dia Dipasupil/WireImage
For now, the previous Bonnie Hunt Present host is worked up to have a good time the discharge of her new vacation film, Pink One. Within the motion comedy, which is about saving Christmas after Santa Claus is kidnapped, Hunt performs a modern-day Mrs. Claus.
Whereas watching motion pictures is all the time a part of Hunt’s holidays, there’s one other household custom the actress loves.
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“We have a good time the truth that we’re all collectively having a great time, after which swiftly, every little thing modifications while you hear the phrase, ‘What’s that imagined to imply?’” Hunt teased. “It’s a household custom.”
Pink One is in theaters in every single place on Friday, November 15.
With reporting by Antonio Ferme