Stories of Robin Williams' kindness and generosity to those he loved and worked with are seemingly endless, and even 10 years after his death new anecdotes about his decency and humanity are still surfacing from those who knew him. In a new interview with Vanity Fair , Oscar winner Sally Field reflected on her time with Williams while filming the beloved 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire , and shared a story she "never told before" about how he facilitated her getting the chance to mourn her father's death as they were shooting the movie.
"I was in the camper outside of the courtroom where we were shooting the divorce scene. My father had a stroke a couple of years before, and was in a nursing facility. I got a phone call from the doctor saying my father had passed -- a massive stroke," Field explained.
"He asked if I wanted them to put him on the resuscitator. I said, "No, he did not want that. Just let him go.
And please lean down and say, 'Sally says goodbye.'" Field said she overcome with grief in that moment, but forced herself not to cry -- instead she "came on the set trying with all my might to act." "I wasn't crying [but] Robin came over, pulled me out of the set, and asked, 'Are you OK?'" she shared.
When she eventually told Williams about her father dying, she said Williams responded, "Oh my God, we need to get you out here right now." According to Field, Williams "made it happen." He talked with director Chris Columbus and they figured out how to shoot the scenes they ne.