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Filmmaker Edgar Wright and actors Guy Pearce and Lou Diamond Phillips took to social media to express their grief over the Sunday death of actor Terence Stamp.
"You were a true inspiration, both in & out of heels," Pearce wrote of his The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert co-star
More than 30 years after road-tripping in wigs across the Outback together, Guy Pearce is paying tribute to the late Terence Stamp. The Oscar nominee remembered his The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) co-star as “a true inspiration” after Deadline reported that Stamp died at age 87 on Sunday,
The plot follows two drag queens Mitzi Del Bra and Felicia Jollygoodfellow (played by Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) and transgender woman Bernadette Bassenger (Stamp), as they journey across the Australian Outback on a tour bus named Priscilla.
Terence Stamp, who is best known for his roles in the Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies and “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” has passed away. He was 87. The beloved actor’s family announced the news in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, Aug. 17.
Terence Stamp, best known for his appearances as General Zod in the beloved 70s Superman movies, has died aged 87, with the likes of Guy Pearce leading tributes. He was also loved for his role in 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, in which he played a trans woman named Bernadette.