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Kirsten Dunst is reflecting on the lessons learned from her costar, the late Robin Williams.
The actress, now 43, starred opposite Williams in the 1995 adventure film Jumanji, which also featured Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth and David Alan Grier.
Dunst spoke about Williams during a Thursday, Oct. 9 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show alongside her Roofman costar Channing Tatum.
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Dunst also reflected on the loss of Williams, who died in 2014, saying, “It makes me so sad thinking about him … he left such an impression on me with his grace and the way he treated everyone.”
After struggling with an undiagnosed case of the debilitating brain disorder Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), the prolific actor and comedian died by suicide at age 63 on Aug. 11, 2014, at his Paradise Cay mansion in San Francisco.
“He was just like… He left such an impression on me with his grace and the way he treated everyone,” Dunst told Barrymore, adding: “And then, on top of it, he gave me my first computer? And he just was so generous with his spirit and everything.”
She continued: “Again, what a lesson for me to learn at such a young age how to treat a crew. I mean he — just a very respectful, beautiful human.”
Dunst said in a previous interview with Variety that Williams had gotten her her first computer at age 13 as a wrap gift when production ended.
“It was an Apple, the ones that came in all those different colors. He was like the most generous, kind, funny person,” she said at the time.
