Recently, a “test video” of 31-year-old actor Jamie Costa (Robot Riot, Kenobi: A Star Wars Story, Final Fantasy VII Remake) portraying late comedian Robin Williams during the Mork & Mindy era has gone viral.
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In the video, which specifically takes place on March 5, 1982 Costa depicts Williams’s reaction to series co-star Pam Dawber (Sarah Murphree) telling him that John Belushi (Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live) — a close friend and fellow comic — died of a cocaine and heroin overdose mere hours after the men partied together.
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Although the impressive footage has had fans online begging for Costa to play Williams in a biopic, there’s at least one person who isn’t so wild about the video, not because of Costa’s acting, but due to the scene selection itself.
Williams’s only daughter, Zelda Williams, has taken to Twitter to beg people to stop “spamming” her with the video. She wrote:
Guys, I’m only saying this because I don’t think it’ll stop until I acknowledge it… please, stop sending me the ‘test footage’. I’ve seen it. Jamie is SUPER talented, this isn’t against him, but y’all spamming me an impression of my late Dad on one of his saddest days is weird.
Guys, I’m only saying this because I don’t think it’ll stop until I acknowledge it… please, stop sending me the ‘test footage’. I’ve seen it. Jamie is SUPER talented, this isn’t against him, but y’all spamming me an impression of my late Dad on one of his saddest days is weird.
— Zelda Williams (@zeldawilliams) October 12, 2021
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Williams (Good Will Hunting, Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, Flubber), as movie fans undoubtedly know, was a Hollywood icon, particularly during the height of his career in the 1980s and 1990s.
When Williams shockingly committed suicide at the age of 63 in 2015, his fans, the movie industry, and — especially, of course — his family, mourned the tragic loss.
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What do you think about Zelda Williams’s plea?