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"The Raid director Gareth Evans has spoken about the influence Tony Scott had on the action genre. Scott died on Sunday after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles, prompting tributes from colleagues, collaborators and fans across Hollywood.   Speaking to Digital Spy, Evans said that Scott&amp;#039;s films were definitive for the action genre, and had made a significant impact on him growing up. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a huge fan, and it&amp;#039;s such a sad, sad loss,&amp;quot; Evans said. &amp;quot;He defined action in the &amp;#039;80s and early &amp;#039;90s. &amp;quot;Films like True Romance and The Last Boy Scout stuck with me since I saw them when I was young, on every different format. It&amp;#039;s a big, big loss for cinema.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Tony Scott dies: &amp;#039;Top Gun&amp;#039; director&amp;#039;s career in pictures &amp;gt; Poll: What is Tony Scott&amp;#039;s best movie? Watch Digital Spy interview Tony Scott about Unstoppable in 2010 below:  Tony Scott&amp;#039;s career in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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