Why Robert De Niro banned Joe Pesci from working with Burt Reynolds: “I was really hurt by that”
No love lost.
Burt Reynolds
The movie Gene Hackman hated every second of making: “I’m going bananas”
It wasn’t worth the hassle.
“I have to do this movie”: the performance Burt Reynolds called his “last great role”
A full-circle moment.
The one director Burt Reynolds regretted rejecting: “It broke his heart and I’ve always felt bad”
He did it with a heavy heart.
The crazy moment Audie Murphy pulled a gun on Burt Reynolds: “Get the hell out of here!”
Reynolds learned the hard way how to handle Murphy.
The “self-destructive” actor Burt Reynolds called his era’s best: “Made everybody else look like amateurs”
It wasn’t his arch-nemesis, Marlon Brando.
The ‘Rambo’ role Burt Reynolds was desperate to play: “You’re too expensive and too famous”
He priced himself out.
Burt Reynolds immediately changed his mind about making ‘Gator’: “I’ve had some real turkeys”
Appealing to Reynolds’ vanity will get you everywhere.
