"He is doing better at this time, " Kritzer said late Friday afternoon of the 76-year-old actor.

CNN: Burt Reynolds in Florida ICU after flu, rep says

Kritzer becomes more openly irritable as her character wearies of her mother's impaired thought processes and prickly barbs.

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Reynolds was dehydrated when he went to the hospital, and was eventually transferred to its intensive care unit, his representative Erik Kritzer told CNN.

CNN: Burt Reynolds in Florida ICU after flu, rep says