InVanity Fairsretrospective featureonRobin Williams,Fieldrevealed how the late actor helped her tremendously after her father died while filmingMrs.
I never shared this story before, she said.
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 hey lean down and say, Sally says goodbye.
I was of course beside myself, she continued.
I came on the set trying with all my might to act.
However, she said Williams instincts told him that she wasnt doing well.
Robin came over, pulled me out of the set, and asked, Are you okay?
I dont know, just thought [Id ask] that.
No, Im not, Robin.
My father just passed.
And he made it happen they shot around me the rest of the day, she said.
I could go back to my house, call my brother, and make arrangements.
Its a side of Robin that people rarely knew: He was very sensitive and intuitive.
Field plays his estranged wife, who unknowingly hires him.
Speaking toVF, Field also shared happier memories fromMrs.
Doubtfire, saying that Williams loved to improvise some scenes.
I completely loved that stay-on-your-toes feeling.
You couldnt really see whatMrs.
Doubtfirewas on the page.
It became its own life form primarily because of him.
I keep thinking of him as is.
He cant have left; he cant, she said.
