'Chesapeake Shores' Author Shares a Moving Treat Williams Story
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Like so many people who worked with the late Treat Williams, Chesapeake Shores author Sherryl Woods was devastated to learn of his passing. Williams, who starred in the Hallmark adaptation of Woods' novels, among many other TV shows and movies, died after a motorcycle accident in June, at the age of 71.
"He was just a genuinely nice guy," Woods told Parade last week, on a call to discuss Season 3 of Sweet Magnolias, another one of her wildly successful adaptations.
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Asked for a fond memory of Williams, Woods recalled one of the first Hallmark events she went to years back. "Treat was sort of like, 'You can be my date for tonight,'" she said. "And he made sure I got to where I needed to go, because I had bad knees, bad hips and I stumble around if you don’t watch me. I have had many replacements by now, but at the time I was not as steady as one could be."
The 79-year-old author also recalled how Williams made her laugh while she was watching the show's dailies. ("Dailies" is production-speak for the unedited footage from a day's shoot.)
"He had a way, at the end of scenes, of making the most outrageous comments," Woods told Parade. "I would sit here at home watching the dailies and just practically fall out of my chair laughing because [he’d say] something you knew could never be on camera, whatever it was. He just had such a wonderful, wry sense of humor. I never knew quite what to expect when he was in a scene."
Woods described Williams' death as a "blow" to everyone involved in Chesapeake Shores, which ran for six seasons until 2022. The rest of Hollywood couldn't agree more.
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