Dallas star Linda Gray has said that she talks to her late friend and co-star Larry Hagman "all the time".
Hagman, who played iconic villain JR in the American soap, passed away in 2012 at the age of 81 after a battle with leukaemia.
So sad to lose such a wonderful dear bigger than life friend. Larry Hagman was one of a kind and will be with us all forever.
— Linda Gray (@Linda_Gray) November 24, 2012
But Gray, who played JR's long-suffering wife Sue Ellen in the hit series, has said that Hagman is still very much in her life.
"I talk to Larry all the time," she told Spirit & Destiny magazine.
"I have lots of conversations with him and it makes me happy.
"I don't care that some people say, 'Well, that's absolutely ridiculous'. I think the spirit of a person remains forever."
A bittersweet photo of Larry and I walking down the hall at the Studio. Such lovely memories pic.twitter.com/JkaJhpnB
— Linda Gray (@Linda_Gray) November 27, 2012
Dallas originally ran from 1978 to 1991 and was rebooted in 2012.
Hagman passed way in November of that year with JR subsequently killed off in the show.
Gray believes that Hagman's spirit was present - and intent on making mischief - while they filmed JR's funeral scene.
"I knew it was going to be really hard for me," she recalled. "So I asked the producers, 'May I please have three cameras and just do one take, because I can't do this over and over again?' And they said, 'Absolutely'.
"So we start and it's my [Sue Ellen's] turn to speak and at that minute a plane went right over us, ruining our sound.
"We had to start all over again and I thought, 'This isn't the plan'.
Such a sweet photo of our dear Mr. Hagman.
— Linda Gray (@Linda_Gray) November 23, 2013
One of my favorite scenes. pic.twitter.com/RM9YX79FHB
"We start filming again, and couldn't get the scene done because there was a dog barking. It took about eight times to do it and I was absolutely fried at the end of that day.
"I looked up and said, 'Larry, you're messing with us, we know you're here!' And Patrick (Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing) just started laughing. He said, 'Of course he is'.
"When everything goes haywire in my life, I always say, 'You're messing with me Larry, go away!"'
