The True Story of Why Robert Redford Almost Didn’t Make The Way We Were

Even before he became a movie star, Robert Redford knew exactly what kinds of roles he wanted to play and what kinds he didn’t. The actor had assiduously avoided playing any role that capitalized on his awesome chiseled face and his dazzling golden hair, which had been more strawberry blond in his youth. He had learned to play against type, because in his earlier Broadway career, Redford seemingly coasted along on his male beauty in the back-to-back hits Sunday in New York and Barefoot in the Park. Essentially those 1960s plays were glorified sitcoms before more adventurous TV fare, like… Read Full Article