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A family representative said on Feb. 26 that Paxton died due to complications from surgery.
Paxtons career also included roles inApollo 13,Twister,Weird Science, andTombstone.
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Read on for a closer look at some of Paxtons best roles.
Just how awful was Chet?
“That was one of his stock lines.”
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Paxton is unforgettable as panicky space marine Private Hudson (“Game over, man!
“), who is reprimanded by Michael Biehn’s Corporal Hicks.
Does this mean we might see the also deceased Hudson again, too?
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“That’s the first I’ve heard of that,” says Paxton.
I mean, if you’re going to bring Hicks back, you’ve got to have Hudson!”
“He said, ‘God, if they want to do it, hell no.'”
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Indeed Paxton is eye-catchingly terrific as a small-town cop.
“There were a lot of films that were significant in different ways for me,” says Paxton.
“Kurt is one of the greats,” says Paxton.
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“He’s the real deal.
He’s kind of a man’s man, an actor’s actor.
He really took me under his wing as if I was his little brother.”
Mary Evans
As withWeird Science, the actor got an assist from his colloquialism-loving father.
“I got a ton of his stuff inTrue Lies.
‘Got a pair of titties, makes you want to stand up and beg for buttermilk.’
Zade Rosenthal
All that stuff was my dad.
‘Ass like a 10-year-old boy.’
Apollo 13 (1995)
Paxton, we have a problem.
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“Ron Howard did such an amazing job with that film,” says Paxton.
I still think Ron Howard is a very underrated director.”
“I had shot my scenes and I went down to visit Jim in Mexico,” he says.
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“There he was on a construction crane, and there were 600 extras scrambling toward the stern.
I’m just going, ‘Oh my God!’
I knew this was going to be huge.”
Merie W. Wallace
“My face was that cold.”
“Everybody’s seen me in the bigger films likeTwister,” says the actor.
Its about the best script I’ve ever had my hands on.
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I’m trying to get my male lead right nowI cant get arrested with it.”
[Laughs] It made me blush!
And I thought, ‘That gal’s got moxie!'"
And it was filmed in Transylvania.
Did Paxton see any creatures of the night?
“Oh, yeah,” he says.
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“Tom was super supportive,” says the actor.
“I remember him saying, ‘Youre killing this part!’
I said, ‘I haven’t done anything yet.’
Chris Large
He goes, ‘Youre killing it!'”
“This is a big Western,” says Paxton.
“This is a much bigger saga thanHatfields.
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My only reservation was, Is it going to look like that?
And I was really blown away.
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