The one movie Burt Reynolds swore he would never make: “That would destroy everything I’m trying to do”
A man of his word.
Burt Reynolds Archives: 04/2025
The Marlon Brando movie Burt Reynolds called the world’s greatest work of art: “It was truth”
“He was full of truth.”
The awful movie Burt Reynolds admitted was a ripoff of a mediocre one: “Very much a copy”
Couldn’t he have chosen a good one?
The on-set brawl that cost Burt Reynolds a fortune: “I spent $500,000 for that punch”
Maybe they deserved it.
The role Burt Reynolds only played because Gene Hackman said no: “We were not enthusiastic”
And he almost didn’t get it, either.
The co-star who accused Burt Reynolds of murder: “He always denied any involvement”
A tragic production.
The movie Burt Reynolds didn’t want anyone to see: “Shown only in prisons and aeroplanes”
Reynolds famously joked that only captive audiences were shown this dud.
The troubled Burt Reynolds role almost played by Michael Caine: “He made the part very different”
It would have avoided a lot of animosity.