Alan Arkin Remembered as ‘Charming, Hilarious and Armed With a Flawless Bulls— Detector’ by Natasha Lyonne, Michael McKean and More
variety.comSophia Scorziello editor Hollywood is paying tribute to Oscar winner Alan Arkin, who died on Thursday at 89. Known for his dry, straight-faced humor and wide range of roles, Arkin was a beloved member of the entertainment world throughout his more than seven decades of acting on screen and on stage.
Arkin won his Oscar for his role in the 2006 indie road comedy “Little Miss Sunshine.” Arkin played Edwin Hoover, the nutty grandfather and biggest supporter of his granddaughter Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin), a young girl competing in beauty pageant that sends her whole family on a road trip from New Mexico to California in their Volkswagen van.
He also earned Oscar nominations for the 1966 film “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming,” the 1968 film “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” and Ben Affleck’s 2012 film “Argo.” He recently received two Primetime Emmys for his role as Norman Newlander on “The Kominsky Method,” where he starred alongside Michael Douglas. “Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander took to twitter to remember Arkin.
The pair worked together in Rob Reiner’s 1994 family comedy “North.” Alexander wrote, “I learned so much from watching him. And the laughs I got from his glorious work seem endless.”#ripAlanArkin Such a wonderful, original voice for comedy.
Read more on variety.com
