Robin Williams has always been philanthropic. And one of hislast good deeds before passing in August was helping his Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb co-star get a prom date.
Skyler enlisted the comedic geniuses for a "prom-posal"
While filming in May, Skyler Gisondo, 18, who plays Ben Stiller’sson in the movie, needed to find a date for his senior prom. In order to securethat a teen named Hilary would say yes, he asked the actors to make a cameo in his video.
Old friends Robin and Ben starred in the three Night at the Museum movies together
"All morning, Robin was pitching more ideas," Skylertells The Hollywood Reporter. “He was saying 'Can I say this? Would it beappropriate to say this?' You're Robin Williams. You can say whatever you want!"
What was supposed to be only a few seconds turned into asSkyler puts it, “this three-minute, ridiculous thing. A prom-posal.”
A screenshot from the video had Robin in stitches
Robin, who has always been a big kid at heart, can be seeingentering the video saying, “Yo, yo, yo… Yo Hilary, will you go to the prom withmy man here, my man Skyler?” And doing what he did best, he took on a bunch ofdifferent personas for the clip, including pretending to command imaginary dancers and even speaking Yiddish.
Crystal the Monkey even made an appearance, carrying a rosewith Robin getting “farklempt.” Hilary said yes, which made this video asuccess.
All jokes aside, "Robin was this bottomless reservoir ofkindness and hilarity," Skyler adds. "It was just so special to workso closely with this guy whose movies I've grown up with and watch hispreparedness and his kindness."
