Mrs. Doubtfire‘s Lisa Jakub, who portrayed Robin Williams‘ on-screen daughter, Lydia, within the 1993 movie, is recalling Williams’ dedication to veterans on this Memorial Day, and the way he would typically rent them on his movie units.
“So many individuals have informed me that Robin did a whole lot of work with the veteran inhabitants as nicely, and that he at all times had manufacturing crews rent native veterans to be background actors or issues like that on set, which isn’t one thing I ever knew about after I labored with him… however I additionally love that little connection as nicely,” she informed Fox Information Digital.
Jakub, who now runs a veterans nonprofit known as Mission Versatile, informed the information outlet that she was “grateful” to have had him as her film dad.
Williams, who had battled with extreme melancholy, took his personal life in 2014 on the age of 63.
Jakub mentioned she additionally was grateful for his help when she struggled together with her personal psychological well being.
“Robin was every part you’ll hope Robin could be, and it’s so great to assume again on him now… (I’m) grateful that I received to be in his presence, that I received to be working with him, that he was so sort to me,” she informed Fox Information Digital.
“(He was) in all probability one of many first individuals who ever actually spoke to me tremendous truthfully about psychological well being,” she added. “And he would discuss to me about his struggles and the issues that he went by means of. And it was the primary time that I felt like, ‘Oh, I’m not a freak. I don’t have to cover this about myself. That is simply one thing that a few of us need to take care of’.”
