The Late Lance Reddick and Annie Wersching Remembered in Bosch: Legacy Premiere
This one hurt.
Freevee’s Bosch: Legacy opened Season 2 this week with a simple title card that dedicated the episode “In Loving Memory of Our Friends ANNIE WERSCHING and LANCE REDDICK,” two alumni of the original Bosch series who both died earlier this year.
Wersching, who played Officer Julia Brasher on Bosch (as a series regular in Season 1, then as a reoccurring guest star), died on Jan. 29 of this year, while Reddick, who played Chief of Police Irvin Irving for all seven seasons of Bosch, passed away on March 17.
Of note, Reddick reprises his role of Irving later in Bosch: Legacy Season 2, marking his debut on the Freevee offshoot.
“[O]ne of the great gifts we had was bringing [Lance] back for one more scene,” exec producer Tom Bernardo told TVInsider. “We had that devastating news hit, but we still have that last moment together. We’re thankful for it.”
Wersching died at the age of 45 following a cancer diagnosis in 2020. Her other TV credits included 24, Runaways, Timeless, Castle, Revolution, Angel, The Vampire Diaries and Frasier, among others — and right up until her death, she held recurring roles on both Star Trek: Picard and The Rookie.
Additionally, Wersching provided the voice/performance for Tess in the video game The Last of Us, which was adapted into a successful HBO TV series.
Reddick, best known for playing Lieutenant Cedric Daniels on The Wire and General Phillip Broyles on Fringe, died at age 60 while in the midst of the press tour for John Wick: Chapter 4, in which he reprised his role as Continental Hotel concierge Charon. (The actor’s family has disputed “heart disease” as the cause of death.) Reddick appeared in numerous films and shows including — but far from limited to! — The Blacklist, Key & Peele, Resident Evil, the Disney animated revival of DuckTales, Netflix’s animated Castlevania, the 2020 film One Night in Miami (directed by Regina King) and of course the John Wick saga.
Reddick recently co-starred in Showtime’s The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial movie, and can also be seen as Zeus in Disney+’s upcoming Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV series.
Annie Wersching, gone too soon!
A lovely tribute
I just wish they’d included simple photos like above. I knew who they were but even on the original Bosch, the actor’s faces didn’t appear with their names in the credits, so many viewers may not know who those were.
Lance Reddick also had a featured role in Showtime’s “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial”.
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I thought those two were the most shocking celebrity deaths all this year
the death of anne heche way worse
True… Another bizzarre and not satisfactorily explained tragedy.
Agreed and I think they both died of sudden adult death syndrome, an entirely new phenomenon to accompany so many of late.
Such great actors making at the time Bosch so wonderful certainly gone before their time, bless them. Thankyou 👏 for being there.x
They will both be missed,you know sometimes you watch a series for one special actor
R.I.P
Reddick was one of those charismatic actors I just loved to hate in the Bosch TV series, he was that good playing the role he played,
Bon Voyage ,
RIP
Lance Reddick was the mysterious man in my favorite TV show, Lost.
I enjoyed both actors in the first series. Hoping it will run on Amazon Premium in 2nd series.
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Lance was a terrific actor. He was very good on Bosch and his last role on The Cain Mutiny was solid as always.
And Annie was great too. She had a tough role on Bosch. But she made her character likeable. Good character actor. They will both be missed. I wish their families comfort and to let them know how much we all enjoyed their work.
Even on the original Bosch, their faces didn’t display with their names in the credits, thus many people could not know who they were despite my knowledge of who they were.