The Hollywood community is in mourning once again, as another actor, one who had an unfortunate role in one of showbusiness' most mysterious tragedies,passed away.Michael Massee, the actor who accidentally shot and killed up and coming starBrandon Leeon the set ofThe Crow, has passed away at the age of 61. No specific details on his death were immediately available at this time.
Varietyconfirmed the actor’s death with his agent, after the news first circulated on actorAnthony Delon’s Instagram page on Monday. The actor worked withMichael Masseeon the French TV seriesInterventionswhich premiered in 2014.Michael Masseeplayed “Funboy” inThe Crow, which was only his second movie role ever, and he reportedly never watched the film because of the tragedy on set that resulted in the death ofBrandon Lee.
Michael Massee’s character Funboy was scripted as the one who fired a gun atBrandon Lee’sEric Draven. The actor wasn’t aware that the gun had been improperly loaded with a live round, which killedBrandon Leeon the set.Michael Masseehas revealed in previous interviews that he wasn’t originally supposed to be handling the gun at first, but the director,Alex Proyas, changed the scene.Michael Masseerevealed in a 2005 interview that he went back to New York after shooting The Crow and took a year off of acting, stating thatBrandon Lee’s death was a “tragic accident” and “I don’t think you ever get over something like that.”
Michael Masseehad small roles throughout the late 1990s in films likeDavid Fincher’sSe7enandThe Game,David Lynch’sLost HighwayandSteven Spielberg’sAmistad. He also played Ira Gaines in the first season of Fox’s24, Lucius Belyakov onCarnivaleand Dyson Frost onFlashForward. He also played Charles Hoyt in five episodes of TNT’sRizzoli & Isles, and starAngie Harmonpaid tribute to her co-star on Twitter after hearing about his death.
His more recent roles included playing the mysterious man in the shadows inThe Amazing Spider-ManandThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, starringAndrew Garfield. He also had roles inCBGB,At the Devil’s Door,The Last Survivors,The Wolves of Savin Hill,EverlastingandLast Man Club, along with a two-episode arc last year on NBC’sThe Blacklist. Take a look atAngie Harmon’s tweet below remembering her co-starMichael Massee.
