David Lean, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite Burt Reynolds movie: “Shocking, really”
According to Burt Reynolds, anyway.
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The roles Burt Reynolds felt like an idiot for rejecting: “This is where my IQ drops about 40 points”
He was kicking himself for decades.
The co-star who called Burt Reynolds clueless: “I’m trying to make sure I don’t fall into that”
This co-star had no time for Reynolds’ attitude while shooting this ’90s classic.
‘City Heat’: When Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood were fired on the same day
A strange influence on each other.
The scene that almost killed Burt Reynolds: “That would have been it”
It’s a miracle Reynolds was able to walk away from this one.
The career-defining movie Burt Reynolds hated working on: “Personality-wise, we didn’t fit”
“I just wanted to hit him”.
The one director whose movies Burt Reynolds refused to watch: “I’d rather be shot in the leg”
Fortunately, it was never put to the test.
Burt Reynolds names the biggest regret of his career: “I wish I hadn’t done it, but I did it”
This mistake followed Reynolds around for his whole career.