Ray Stevenson died, the actor passed away in Ischia while he was filming
Serious mourning in the world of cinema: Ray Stevenson, the actor who played Tito Pullo in the TV series "Roma", died this morning at the Rizzoli hospital in Ischia. He was on the island for his latest film and had been rushed in Saturday afternoon after collapsing on set.
He did not make it ray stevenson, the British actor who also starred in the TV series Rome: the 59-year-old, who last Saturday was hospitalized at theRizzoli hospital in Ischia following an illness on the set, he passed away this morning. He had been on the island for a few days filming “Cassino on Ischia”, the film directed by Frank Ciota and in which he also stars Ugo Dighero.
Stevenson's conditions, when he arrived in the Ischia hospital, were already very critical. Doctors did everything to save him, but this morning, after hovering between life and death for almost five days, the actor got worse and died shortly after.
Ray Stevenson, in his curriculum also a role in "Thor" and in the blockbuster "King Arthur."
ray stevenson was a familiar face mostly to fans of Thor, since he had played the role of volstagg in all three films of the trilogy, and had also played the character of Baylan Skoll, one of the evil Jedi Knights and who fought on the side of the dark side of the force.
In 2004, however, he had appeared in the blockbuster "King Arthur" in the role of Dagonet, the court jester.
In the meantime, no other information has been released from the Ischia hospital, so it is not yet known whether the shooting of the film will continue and, again, whether the Ray Stevenson's funeral will be held on the island or if, instead, the actor's body will be transported to England for the funeral ceremony and burial there. Updates will follow in the coming days.
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