IN MEMORIAM: Pete Postlethwaite, 1946-2011

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IN MEMORIAM: Pete Postlethwaite, 1946-2011

POSTED: Monday, January 3, 2011, 3:45 PM

Filed Under: In Memoriam | Movies

Postlethwaite in The Town

Just heard via Film Junk that British actor Pete Postlethwaite died yesterday due to complications from a long battle with cancer. He was 64. According to FJ, Postlethwaite didn't let his treatments slow him down from working:

[Postlethwaite] put in some memorable performances this year in The Town, Inception and Clash of the Titans. Spielberg supposedly referred to him as the "best actor in the world" at one point after working with him on The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad. ... He still has one more upcoming role in a movie called Killing Bono that is still to be released in 2011.

Personally, I remember him best as Father Laurence in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet. Here's a clip, to take you back to 1996 for a minute.

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