--- title: Allison Williams Honors Robin Williams in Peter Pan Flying Lesson Pic description: She also takes a moment to pay tribute to Robin Williams canonical: https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-13T17:24:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:25.172Z og:title: Watch Allison Williams Take Her First 'Peter Pan' Flying Lesson og:description: She also pays tribute to Robin Williams og:url: https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Allison Williams Take Her First 'Peter Pan' Flying Lesson twitter:description: She also pays tribute to Robin Williams twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Allison Williams Take Her First Flying Lesson For _Peter Pan_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 13, 2014 5:24 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 13, 2014 5:24 PM UTC _Girls_ actress Allison Williams is now preparing for her [next big role ](http://time.com/3057698/allison-williams-peter-pan-nbc-musical/)as Peter Pan in a live NBC performance in December. She began flight training this week and shared a video of her first lesson on Instagram: She also used the post as an opportunity to honor Robin Williams. “First day of flying lessons for Pan,” the actress wrote. “Thinking about and missing a hero of mine who once did this and left big shoes to fill.” ([h/t Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson.html)) **MORE:** [“Lena Dunham” Congratulates “Allison Williams” on _Peter Pan_ (Humor)](http://time.com/3060091/lena-dunham-congratulates-allison-williams-on-peter-pan/) **WATCH:** [Brian Williams Pulls the Ultimate Dad Move When Announcing His Daughter’s _Peter Pan_ Casting](http://time.com/3063325/brian-williams-allison-peter-pan-nbc/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/"},"headline":"Watch Allison Williams Take Her First Flying Lesson For Peter Pan","datePublished":"2014-08-13T17:24:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:25.172Z","description":"She also takes a moment to pay tribute to Robin Williams","url":"https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Allison Williams","celebrity","Peter Pan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3107712/allison-williams-first-peter-pan-flying-lesson/","name":"Watch Allison Williams Take Her First Flying Lesson For Peter Pan"}}]}] ```