Ray Liotta’s Remaining Scene in ‘Harmful Waters’ Was “So Highly effective,” Director Says

Harmful Waters director John Barr and star Odeya Rush are recalling the late Ray Liotta‘s “highly effective” last scene.

Throughout an interview with MovieWeb, printed on-line Tuesday, the filmmaker praised the Goodfellas star as an actor and detailed his last scene in one in all his final film roles, saying it “was tremendous spectacular to observe.”

Liotta died final 12 months on the age of 67. His rep instructed The Hollywood Reporter on the time that he died in his sleep in his resort room whereas within the Dominican Republic capturing the film.

“What he achieves in a six- or seven-minute span is simply artwork,” Barr stated. “The arc that he goes via, from harmless to terrifying, it’s so highly effective, and it’s a testomony to how unimaginable he was as an actor.”

He continued, “The way in which that we performed that scene was actually fascinating, as a result of we talked about it rather a lot, and we principally performed the scene in these varied tones a number of occasions, like harmless all through the entire take, after which simply slowly, steadily bought darker and darker to the place it ended up. So, we might sort of select after we have been enhancing the place we wished the flip to begin to occur. I feel he simply was unafraid. He would simply go darker and darker.”

The thriller follows teen woman Rose, performed by Rush, who uncovers the darkish previous of her mom’s new boyfriend (Eric Dane) whereas on a crusing journey.

The actress, who starred reverse Liotta’s The Captain in his last scene, stated it was a “actually special occasion” that she is going to at all times bear in mind.

“We took a whole day to try this scene,” she recalled. “And I feel the scene simply bought higher and higher because it went on. And I really feel like every part he introduced, I used to be simply absorbing that and reacting to that. So yeah, that was a very special occasion, and I felt like I used to be there to react [to the] unimaginable work that he had executed. It felt very actual.”

Harmful Waters is at the moment enjoying in theaters and On Demand.