Rosemary Rodriguez Instagram – Today I want to tell you about about a very special friend I lost last weekend, because we all need a friend like him in our lives. ALL of us.
Fred Roos was my mentor, my heart, my teacher, my inspiration, my cheerleader and a power of example of how to navigate a tough business and never lose the grace you are born with. He was an Oscar-winner who produced The Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, The Outsiders, Rumblefish, Barfly, Priscilla, St. Vincent….and sooooo many more incredible movies. If you haven’t seen The Godfather 1 and 2, please watch them in honor of Fred. They are both top 10 all time movies!
On my first job in LA, Without a Trace, I cast the talented @heatmccomb in my episode. Heather is a generous, huge-hearted human, who wasted no time welcoming me into her life and into her family — and introduced me to Fred, who cast her in her first film and changed her life. I’m so grateful to have a friend like Heather.
Fred’s belief in me has kept me going thru the up’s and downs, successes and failures, and always lifted my spirits just by spending time with me. We both loved movies and chocolate. I never took for granted our precious time together. Truth is, I couldn’t believe he would make time in his extremely busy schedule for me.
If you can mentor someone, believe in them, help support them to their dreams, DO IT. We all need someone to hold us up, who’s been through it all and has generous wisdom and guidance.
Fred exec produced my movie Silver Skies — gifted me with the best cast! And he was going to produce my next movie Gated. I believe he’ll still be helping….
He made movies to the end. He never stopped hustling.
Fred turned The Outsiders into a musical on Broadway, that just received 12 Tony nominations! And he produced Megalopolis, that just premiered at Cannes.
RIP Fred Roos
So many of us loved you deeply. I loved you deeply. | Posted on 28/May/2024 01:56:28
