Anton Yelchinhas been gone for over two years, but in a new documentary about his life, he’s not forgotten.
The trailer forLove, Antoshacame out Monday, months after the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It follows the life and death of Yelchin, the child actor turnedStar Trekstar whodied at 27 after a 2016 car accident.
The trailer features interviews with many of Yelchin’s collaborators, including fellowStar TrekstarChris Pine, 38, and hisFierce Peoplecostar Kristen Stewart, 29. It also includes clips from interviews with the late actor.
Throughout the trailer, the actor, who played Pavel Chekhov in all three of the recentStar Trekfilms, credits his parents with his success. “It was like the first thing I consciously said to my folks: I want to do this, I want to make movies,” Yelchin says in an interview.
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Anton’s parents, Irina and Viktor Yelchin, are former Russian figure skaters. They moved from Leningrad to Los Angeles when their son was six months old, fleeing the religious persecution they experienced in Russia for being Jewish.
“My mom, I owe her everything for believing in me,” Yelchin says in a clip in the trailer.
When the documentary premiered at Sundance,USA Todayreported thatStewart, who worked with Yelchin on the 2005 indie filmFierce People, dated Yelchin when they worked on the film. “He kind of broke my heart,” she says in the documentary, according to the paper.
The trailer also touches on his work in photography, showing some of the surreal pictures he took. “Certain images, I can’t get out of my mind,” Pine says in the trailer.
“ForChris Pineto be freaked out about what Anton did means it was out there,”Star Trekdirector J.J. Abrams, 52, adds.
Anton Yelchin and his parents Viktor and Irina in 2007.Alex Berliner/BEI/REX/Shutterstock
At the end of the trailer, Irina explains that the film’s title comes from her son’s signature on the cards he would write to his mother every day. “There’s no gifts better than those,” she says.
Love, Antoshawill be released in theaters Aug. 2.
source: people.com
