Paying respects. Kevin Costner honored his Field of Dreams costar Ray Liotta after the actor’s sudden death.“Devastated to hear the news of Ray Liotta’s passing,” the Oscar winner, 67, tweeted on Thursday, May 26, alongside a clip from the 1989 movie. “While he leaves an incredible legacy, he’ll always be ‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ in my heart.
What happened that moment in the film was real. God gave us that stunt. Now God has Ray.”The Yellowstone star was referring to a scene in the classic sports movie when Liotta almost hit Costner with a baseball.
The Dances With Wolves director fell to the ground while attempting to dodge the ball, and the moment made the movie’s final cut.The Goodfellas actor star died in his sleep at age 67 while on location in the Dominican Republic, his rep confirmed to NBC on Thursday.
Liotta was in the country filming Dangerous Waters, which also stars Eric Dane and Saffron Burrows.After news of his death broke, tributes poured in from his friends and former colleagues. “I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray,” tweeted Lorraine Bracco, who played the wife of Liotta’s character in Goodfellas. “I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas.
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