Ben Stiller remembers Gene Hackman on the red carpet
Ben Stiller took a moment to remember the late Gene Hackman on the 2025 Oscars red carpet Sunday night.

“He was someone I looked up to as one of the most authentic, real, charismatic and honest actors,” Stiller told ABC on the carpet, adding “He was a giant.”
The pair worked together on 2001’s “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
Hackman, 95, was mysteriously found dead in his Santa Fe, New Mexico, home last month alongside his wife and one of their dogs. There were no obvious signs of how they died and an investigation is currently underway.










