‘Hidden Figures’ Actor Glen Powell Shares How ‘Scream Queens’ Co-Star Billie Lourd Is Dealing With Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds’ Deaths

Glen Powell said that Billie Lourd is handling the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds “very well.”

At the Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG Awards party on Saturday night, Powell was asked about his friend and “Scream Queens” co-star, who lost her mother and grandmother both in the same week last month. “I saw Billie last week,” Powell told Entertainment Tonight. “[And] if there’s anybody that can take something so tragic in their life happening, it’s Billie. She’s a person who was raised by two very strong women, and she’s a very strong woman. I think she’s digesting it very well. She’s very emotionally intelligent, and I think she’s got a great group of friends around her that are [sic] supporting her, and I hope I am one of them.”

Powell was one of Lourd’s several friends who sent their love and support to the actress via social media following the deaths of her loved ones. See Powell’s Instagram posts below:

Fisher died on Dec. 27 after suffering a massive heart attack during a flight right before Christmas. The actress, who was best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” franchise, was 60 years old. Earlier this month, the Los Angeles county Department of Public Health issued Fisher’s death certificate, listing “cardiac arrest/deferred” as the cause of her demise.

A day after Fisher’s death, Reynolds was hospitalized after suffering a severe stroke. The 84-year-old “Singin’ in the Rain” actress subsequently died in the hospital that afternoon. Her cause of death was determined to be intracerebral hemorrhage, with hypertension as contributing factor.

Powell, meanwhile, was at the Entertainment Weekly Pre-SAG Awards party for his film “Hidden Figures,” which won the outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at the actual awards night. In addition to Powell, the Theodore Melfi-directed biographical drama film also stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Parsons, among many others.