Susan Sarandon’s favourite movie of all time: “I wish that I would be in a classic like that”
An epic adaptation from 1940
Henry Fonda
Why Jane Fonda refused to trade on her father’s name: “I worked harder”
One of the best nepo babies.
Henry Fonda’s favourite co-star of all time: “I’m still in love with her”
A standout in a sea of greats.
The movie Henry Fonda was “shamed” into making: “That’s like playing God, to me”
Sometimes shame is as good a motivator as any.
“Who the hell needs you?”: did John Ford only cast James Stewart to spite Henry Fonda?
Was it all about Fonda, after all?
Why Jane Fonda went back on her word to leave Hollywood: “I now needed to work”
Fonda was genuinely ready to call it quits.
Henry Fonda’s miserable time at a drug-fuelled Dennis Hopper party: “He was going nuts”
An unwanted brush with counterculture.
The only time James Stewart and Henry Fonda almost came to blows: “You stupid son of a bitch”
A friendship almost destroyed.
The Henry Fonda movie sabotaged by the government: “We opened to no audience”
“Nothing like that could happen.”
The scene too much to bear for Jane Fonda: “It makes me cry”
“It was so personal that when we actually got there to do it, I totally dried up.”