Video: Farewell to the star of the series "Beverly Hills, 90210": What the audience remembered Luke Perry
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On March 4, at the age of 52, American actor Luke Perry, known to viewers for his role as Dylan McKay in the cult youth series of the 1990s, passed away. Beverly Hills 90210. For many of his fans, this news was a big shock - previously, nothing was reported about the actor's health problems. What was the reason for his premature departure, and what he did after filming in the series that made him famous all over the world - further in the review.
Luke Perry was born in 1966 into a large American family that had nothing to do with the world of cinema, but from childhood he dreamed of an acting career. After graduation, he left Ohio and went to conquer the center of the American film industry - Los Angeles. At first, no one believed in the talent of an ordinary guy from the provinces, and he had to work as a salesman in a shoe store, an employee of a company that produces doorknobs, and even an asphalt paver. In parallel, he took part in screen tests, but more than 200 of them ended in a complete fiasco - he was not offered roles.
Luke Perry's acting career began not with feature films, but with participation in the filming of music videos and TV series. In the late 1980s. he played several cameo roles that did not attract the attention of either critics or audiences. And in 1990 he finally got lucky: first he starred in his first full-length film, and in the same year the actor, together with Jenny Garth, Shannen Doherty and Jason Priestley, were approved for the leading roles in the youth series "Beverly Hills, 90210". which has been on screens for 10 years.
About 20 actors applied for the role of Dylan, and even after Luke Perry was approved, few believed in his success. For example, the heads of the TV channel stated that the chosen candidate absolutely does not correspond to the image prescribed in the script, and refused to pay for his work. The producer of the series, Aaron Spelling, at his own peril and risk, insisted on his participation, seeing in him the spirit of rebellion necessary for this role.
The character of Luke Perry was remembered by the audience, and especially by the spectators, from the very first episodes: the mysterious and laconic "bad guy", romantic and adventurer easily won the hearts of millions of fans. After the success in the series Beverly Hills, 90210, other directors drew attention to the talented and charming young actor, and in the 1990s. Luke Perry starred in the youth film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", starred in the films "8 Seconds", "Invasion" and "Tough Booty", a cameo in Luc Besson's cult film "The Fifth Element".
His filmography included melodramas, thrillers, action films, comedies, and family dramas. Unlike many of his colleagues on the series "Beverly Hills, 90210", he remained a sought-after actor at the beginning of the new century, although his popularity could no longer be compared with the resounding success of the 1990s. He continued to act until his last days: in 2017, the youth detective series "Riverdale" was released, where Luke Perry played the father of the protagonist. After the news of the death of the actor, the creators of the series announced that they were stopping the shooting of the third season of the project. The last work of the actor was the thriller "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" by Quentin Tarantino, which is scheduled to premiere in the summer of 2019. Luke Perry's partners in this film are Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Despite the huge number of fans, the actor failed to build a long-term relationship. He was married to actress Minnie Sharp, with whom they had two children, but in 2003, after 10 years of marriage, the couple decided to divorce. Recently, Luke Perry met with Wendy Madison, they planned a wedding, but these plans were never destined to come true.
On February 28, it became known that the actor was hospitalized in serious condition after suffering a stroke. In the hospital, he had a second stroke, after which he did not regain consciousness, because of which the doctors had to put him into a drug-induced coma. However, despite the best efforts of the doctors, his condition worsened. Luke Perry passed away on March 4. The official cause of death is the consequences of a stroke.
Relatives of Luke Perry did not give any additional comments about his death. In their official address to the press, they said: "".
For many fans and colleagues of the actor, his premature departure was a real shock. His Beverly Hills co-star Jenny Garth said, "" And Leonardo DiCaprio added, "".
Since filming in the cult series of the 1990s, its characters have changed a lot: "Beverly Hills, 90210" then and now.
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