Amanda Seyfried/Instagram Bill Paxton and Amanda Seyfried
Amanda Seyfried remembers her deceased Great love Co-star Bill Paxton, four years after his death.
The 35-year-old actress paid a touching tribute to her screen father on Friday by posting an old photo of the couple on her Instagram account.
“Bill and I,” she began in the caption. “Looking through the thousands of photos I’ve packed away over the years has mostly been fun, but every now and then I find one that brings me to my knees.”
“I was so lucky to know this man and to feel his bright, warm light so often while playing his daughter. Great love” she continued. “He was wonderful and so loved and I miss him.”
E. Charbonneau/WireImage Bill Paxton and Amanda Seyfried
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Great love Paxton starred as Bill Hendrickson, the patriarch of a fundamentalist Mormon family that practices polygamy. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny and Ginnifer Goodwin played his wives in the HBO series, while Seyfried played his eldest daughter throughout the drama’s five seasons.
Paxton died of a stroke on February 25, 2017, after complications arose during heart surgery to replace a heart valve and repair an aortic aneurysm. According to the death certificate, the 61-year-old actor underwent surgery on February 14 and died 11 days later from complications of a stroke.
After his death, Seyfried called Paxton “an amazing and supportive father figure to me early in my career” in a statement to PEOPLE.
“He was incredibly inspired and full of life at every turn. He made you feel like anything was possible,” she said at the time. “It’s a terrible loss.”
Brian To/Variety/REX/Shutterstock Bill Paxton
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Paxton had a long career in Hollywood and was popular for his roles in films such as Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), Gravestone (1993), Apollo13 (1995), Twister (1996) And Titanic (1997).
He won an Emmy in 2012 for his work in the TV miniseries Hatfields and McCoys.
In the comments section of Seyfried’s post on Friday, many Paxton fans continued to pay tribute to the actor.
“What a beautiful and rare light this man was. My God ❤️,” Aaron Paul wrote, while John Molner commented, “Great loss. ❤️.”