‘A huge loss’ – tributes to Reiner from Hollywood starspublished at 14:29 GMT
14:29 GMT
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Monty Python star Eric Idle wrote on X that he had spoken to Reiner “for over an hour” the previous night. The two first met 50 years ago, Idle said, and Reiner was “a clever, talented and very thoughtful man”.
Kathy Bates, who starred in Reiner’s film Misery in 1990, told NBC News in a statement that Reiner had “changed the course of my life”. The late director was “a man who made films of every genre to challenge himself as an artist”, and his wife Michele was a “gifted photographer”, Bates said.
Fellow actor John Cusack called Reiner “a great man”, while Elijah Wood said he was “horrified” by the couple’s deaths.
James Woods, who was nominated for an Oscar for starring in Reiner’s 1996 drama Ghosts of Mississippi, said he was “devastated by this terrible event”.
Comedy star and director Ben Stiller said it was “a huge loss”. Stiller said Reiner had “made some of the most formative movies for my generation”, explaining: “Spinal Tap is one of the best comedies ever made – and the list goes on.”