The flop movie Burt Reynolds wanted to be his ‘Dirty Harry’: “A ballsy character”
Spoiler: it wasn’t.
Burt Reynolds
The one and only movie Burt Reynolds made without his toupee: “No one ever asked me before”
A history-making moment.
The director who called Burt Reynolds “a bit of a shit”: “He looked like he was going to hit me”
He’s been called worse.
The Oscar-nominated role Burt Reynolds was too scared to fight for: “Couldn’t bring myself to do it”
He lost the part to one of his most famous rivals.
How close was Burt Reynolds to playing James Bond, really? “At the time, the hottest actor in the world”
Not as close as he’d have you believe.
Burt Reynolds’ unfulfilled dream of sticking it to his critics: “That’d shock them”
He wanted to prove them wrong.
