Rouse died of liver failure in December 2014, just a few weeks after completing his final scenes with Harris, which were shot in the Utah desert.

Rouse was born and raised in Philadelphia, and came to Winston-Salem in the early 1990s, where he became a fixture in the local arts scene and frequently acted in student films at the UNC School of the Arts. He worked with such student filmmakers as David Gordon Green and Jody Hill, who went on to cast him in such feature films as “George Washington,” “All the Real Girls,” “Pineapple Express” and “Observe and Report.”

Rouse also appeared in such films as “American Gangster,” “Pandorum,” and “I’m Still Here,” usually in small but memorable supporting roles.

“Eddie was this crazy genius of an artist. He was always so brilliant with everything he did,” said Hill, who is now directing and producing another HBO series, “Vice Principals.” He said that he worked with Rouse on “tons” of student films while at UNCSA.

“I have a lot of good memories of him. Not only was he a talented great artist, he was also a good friend of mine,” Hill said. “The four years I was there, he was in just everything, whether I was making it or a friend was making it and I was working on it, Eddie was there.

“What’s really sad about is that he has ‘Westworld’ coming out, which is a really high-profile show. ... I just think it would really have cemented him as a name and one of our true great actors, you know?”