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    Sally Field reveals ‘sensitive’ Robin Williams changed ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ filming schedule so she could leave set after her dad died

    By Nicki Gostin,

    9 hours ago

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    Sally Field lovingly remembered Robin Williams on the 10th anniversary of his passing as a “very sensitive and intuitive” soul.

    The “Steel Magnolias” star shared that Williams organized for her to leave the “Mrs. Doubtfire” set moments after her father had passed.

    Field, 77, told Vanity Fair that she was on the set of the 1993 comedy when she received word that her father had died.

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    Sally Field starred opposite Robin Williams in “Mrs. Doubtfire.” Variety via Getty Images
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    The actress called Williams “very sensitive.” WireImage

    “I was of course beside myself,” Field remembered. “I came on the set trying with all my might to act. I wasn’t crying. Robin came over, pulled me out of the set, and asked, ‘Are you okay?'”

    The “Norma Rae” star told Williams that her father had died.

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    “‘Oh my God, we need to get you out of here right now,'” she recalled him saying, noting that he made it happen — no small feat on a big-budget film.

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    Field remembered that Williams helped her deal with her father’s death. Getty Images
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    The “Aladdin” star organized for Field to be able to leave the set and grieve properly. Splash News

    “They shot around me the rest of the day,” she revealed. “I could go back to my house, call my brother, and make arrangements. It’s a side of Robin that people rarely knew: He was very sensitive and intuitive.”

    Field added that she loved filming with the “Aladdin” star.

    “You couldn’t really see what Mrs. Doubtfire was on the page,” she explained. “It became its own life form primarily because of him.”

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    Field also said that Williams brought the “Mrs. Doubtfire” character to life. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

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    Williams played a man pretending to be a Scottish housekeeper in the 1993 comedy.

    She also confessed to not feeling like Williams has died.

    “I keep thinking of him as ‘is.’ He can’t have left; he can’t. He’s still here. I feel him,” she said.

    Field wasn’t the only person working on “Mrs. Doubtfire” to lovingly remember Williams.

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    The film’s director, Chris Columbus, said Williams had learned all of the crew’s names by the end of the first week of filming. ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection
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    Columbus added that Williams “made everyone feel like he was their friend.” ©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection

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    The movie’s director, Chris Columbus, said that the late star knew all of the crew members by the end of the first week of filming.

    “He had learned everybody’s name, from the caterers to the production assistants,” he shared. “And if anyone had a quirk, he would remember and make a joke. It made everyone feel like he was their friend and put everyone in a fantastic mood.”

    The Oscar-winning actor was found dead from suicide in his California home on August 11, 2014.

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    The “Good Will Hunting” star died in 2014 at the age of 63. AFP/Getty Images
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    His death was ruled a suicide.

    The final autopsy report concluded that Williams’s death was a suicide resulting from “asphyxia due to hanging” and that he had been suffering from “diffuse Lewy body dementia.”

    Last month, his eldest son, Zak, remembered his father on what would have been his 73rd birthday.

    “I remember you for all the hope and joy you brought to the world,” Zak wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of his dad. “There’s not a week that goes by without someone sharing with me how you helped them through a dark time or a rough patch. I’m so grateful and proud to be your son. Love you forever.”

    If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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