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Director Details Robert Carradine’s Silence Weeks Before Death as ‘The Driver’ Plans Tribute and Recast

The director’s account emphasizes a sudden communication break before the production moves ahead with a memorial table read dedicated to the late actor.

Overview

  • Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records reported by the press state Carradine died by suicide by hanging on Feb. 23 in a Los Angeles hospital, causing an anoxic brain injury.
  • Director Connie Lamothe says her mid-January conversation with Carradine was positive and focused on specifics for a Feb. 21 table read for The Driver.
  • Carradine then stopped communicating for roughly three to four weeks, according to Lamothe, who decided to give him space.
  • The production has shifted the table read to March 14, a change Lamothe says Carradine never knew about, and plans a prayer and slideshow in his honor.
  • The Driver will recast the role he was set to play and dedicate the film to him, as his family notes he battled bipolar disorder for nearly two decades and requests privacy.