Rachel Zegler paid a loving tribute to prolific first assistant director Adam Somner, with whom she labored on Steven Spielberg‘s West Aspect Story, following his demise forward of the Thanksgiving weekend.
“i had the honour of creating west facet story with adam somner when i used to be seventeen years previous,” she started on her Instagram Story. “and with a lot grace and love, he lifted me up and refused to let me stumble as i navigated the world of filmmaking. i couldn’t have been in higher palms.”
Because the Y2K actress talked about, the musical remake marked her movie debut and catapulted her into the highlight. Since then, the powerhouse singer has taken to Broadway reverse Package Connor in a revival of Romeo + Juliet, led a prequel to The Starvation Video games trilogy and brought on the function of Disney princess with Snow White, due for launch in 2025.
“lengthy story quick, i cherished him. as did everybody who ever set to work with him. he was the kindest, essentially the most environment friendly, the wackiest, and he was the most effective at his job,” she continued within the captioned submit, that includes a black-and-white video of the 2 embracing on set. “it’s not truthful that he gained’t get to do extra. a lot like to all of his household and all who bought the honour of working with him. i by no means took it with no consideration and now i’ll take it with me ceaselessly.”
The Shazam! star concluded, “adam somner, you legend. i miss you already.”
Somner, an Oscar-nominated producer who was among the many most in-demand ADs within the enterprise, died at age 57 on Nov. 27 from anaplastic thyroid most cancers. He’s credited on greater than 75 options, quick movies and music movies, turning into the go-to for famend filmmakers like Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ridley Scott, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and James Mangold.
These administrators have been amongst those that paid tribute to their proper hand.
Mangold joined Zegler in paying tribute to his collaborator, writing on X alongside a shot from Ford v. Ferrari and the 2 on set: “To know Adam Somner was to like him. And to work at his facet was an honor, a masterclass and a lesson in how an Assistant Director could make their title wildly inadequate. He made a chaotic set run clean and, on listless ones, created vitality. He impressed his administrators (a number of the finest ever + me) to be their finest — he all the time discovered us a strategy to get what we wanted — and typically reminded us of one thing great we didn’t consider. He shall be missed profoundly however lived the form of life for which all of us aspire. He made an enormous distinction on the highest ranges of his craft — was a born chief — and did all this whereas being passionate, charming and hilarious. I’lll all the time bear in mind Adam strutting concerning the runway of Ontario Airport at magic hour with myself and my DP Phedon racing behind him our actors in tow as we bought this scene in shot half an hour because the down went down. God pace, Governor.”
