Jane Fonda makes heartbreaking admission about Robert Redford’s death: “I can’t stop crying”
Jane Fonda has paid tribute to her legendary co-star Robert Redford, who has died at the age of 89, saying, “I can’t stop crying,” after discovering the news.
The actor gave a statement to IndieWire following the passing of the Hollywood icon, who died in his sleep in the early hours of September 16th, according to his publicist. Tributes have been pouring in from across Hollywood for the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid star ever since.
Fonda, who was a close friend of Redford’s and worked with him on multiple films spanning decades, shared an emotional statement which said: “It hit me hard this morning when I read that Bob was gone. I can’t stop crying.”
The star added: “He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful person in every way. He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.”
She had a special relationship with Redford that spanned the better part of half a century, starting when they both starred in Marlon Brando’s The Chase in 1966.
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In addition to this, they also worked together on the films Barefoot in the Park, released in 1966, and The Electric Horseman, a Western film which hit the big screen in 1979.
Far more recently, they both also starred opposite one another in the Netflix film Our Souls At Night, which was released only eight years ago in 2017. The pair premiered that movie at the Venice Film Festival, where they were both awarded the coveted Golden Lion.
Previously, Redford described working with Fonda as “easy”, adding: “We’ve done many films over the years so it just worked out that way, that there was not a lot of discussion, we didn’t have to talk about a lot. Things just kind of fell into place between us, and there wasn’t much more to think about.”
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