The news of Dustin Diamond’s death has caused shock waves in the entertainment industry – and the cast of “Saved by the Bell” is still bad, according to Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
Gosselaar appears in Tamron Hall’s self-titled talk show and talks about the death of his fellow star, noting that ‘it’s always hard’ when someone dies nearby.
“I think it’s even more so if the person is someone you know and is Dustin’s age. It was only a few weeks ago that we heard about his diagnosis and that it could happen so quickly is shocking,” said Gosselaar in the program. .
“Me and the rest of the cast, we’ll get together at some point and express our feelings, but yeah, it happened so fast that we’re all pretty shocked about it,” the 46-year-old actor explained.
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The cast of ‘Saved by the Bell’, including Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, Lark Voorhies and Mark-Paul Gosselaar paid tribute to the late Dustin Diamond.
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Cast members including Mario Lopez, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, Lark Voorhies and Gosselaar himself all paid tribute to the late actor after his death on Monday.
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Voorhies paid tribute to Diamond on Tuesday night and went to Instagram to share a photo of the two on set while sharing a few touching words.
“Words cannot express the sadness I am currently feeling,” Voorhies, 46, wrote. “Dustin and I had a warm and special friendship, he was a caring gentleman, and my memories of him will always be cherished.”
‘Saved by the Bell’ was broadcast from 1989 to 1993 with Diamond, right, with Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers and Gosselaar with Zachary ‘Zack’ Morris.
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“I’m so sorry he’s gone. But it’s extremely sad for his loved ones to do so. [sic] dealing with his tragic death and their own great loss. My heart goes out to them in this difficult time, ‘she continued.
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Gosselaar later remarked in his interview how he slowly drifted away from Diamond and the rest of his role players to the conclusion of ‘Saved by the Bell’.
“Many people may not understand that you can work with someone for years – you can be very close, you see this person every day for a whole season of shooting, and once things turn around, the camera stops, then you just fall apart, ” Gosselaar said. “There’s no other reason than that things just happen in life and before you know it, years have passed, and I think that’s what happened to Dustin with the rest of the cast. has.”
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“There was a time when I didn’t talk to anyone in the cast,” the actor reveals.
“Saved by the Bell” was broadcast from 1989 to 1993, and its effects were “Saved by the Bell: The College Years” and “Saved by the Bell: The New Class,” in which both played Diamond. He was not part of the ‘Saved’ reload on NBC’s streaming platform Peacock.