Hollywood Reacts To Roberto Orci’s Death: Lucy Lawless, Rob Liefeld & More Pay Tribute
Roberto Orci died at his home in Los Angeles on February 25, and the tributes remembering the late writer-producer followed.
After reports of Orci’s death due to kidney disease first surfaced, people like Joe Russo, Lucy Lawless, and Rob Liefeld have weighed in.
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Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless also took to social media to pay tribute to Orci, writing, “Desperately sorry to hear of Bob’s passing. A beautiful, sweet man and outrageously talented. I send my heartfelt condolences to all the many people who loved him.”
Deadpool comic book creator Rob Liefeld said, “Terrible news. Way too young. Enjoyed do much of his work. R.I.P.”
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series and 9-1-1 producer Juan Carlos Coto wrote on X, “We lost a great talent.”
Moonlight co-creator Trevor Munson shared on X, “Roberto Orci had recently signed on direct our western based on the life of Joaquin Murrieta. Would have loved to see what he did with it. RIP to a true talent.”
This Means War and Just Go with It writer Timothy Dowling shared on X, “This is so sad. Bob was a fantastic writer. I had the pleasure of meeting him a few times over the years talking about working together. Gone way too soon.”
Fringe producer and writer Zack Stentz remembered Orci, posting on X, “I got to know Bob a bit while working on Fringe, an earlier version of the movie that became Star Trek Beyond & a couple other things and always found him to be kind and generous to a fault. I’d been meaning to check in on him for a while but life got in the way. Now I regret it.”
“I always felt a connection with Bob because we both loved Star Trek & cut our teeth on writing teams writing for Kevin Sorbo syndicated action hours,” Stentz wrote in a second post on X. “Here’s my favorite thing he & Alex wrote…the slam bang grab you by the throat opening of Star Trek 2009.”
Russo took to social media to pay tribute to Orci, calling him a “generational screenwriting talent” and “one of the greats.”
“My first boss in Hollywood said the script for STAR TREK was the best he’d ever read — and he wasn’t kidding,” Joe Russo posted on X. “Roberto Orci was a generational screenwriting talent and his death at only 51 is a tragic loss, because I’m sure there were more masterworks to come. RIP to one of the greats.”
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