The five biggest movie stars of the 1970s, according to Robert Altman
Big shoes to fill.
Paul Newman
The Robert Redford movie Paul Newman refused to star in: “I would have been struggling”
It was always just out of reach.
The one movie Paul Newman hated with a passion: “You see him in physical pain”
The actor’s least favourite role.
The co-star Paul Newman despised at first sight: “He was a cocky kid”
20 years later, things hadn’t changed.
The worst period of Paul Newman’s career, according to Paul Newman: “A terrible mistake”
The great actor had his fair share of flops.
The “fucked movie” Robert Redford hated every second of making: “It wasn’t for me”
Wanted to get off the shoot as fast as humanly possible
The Oscar-nominated Jeff Bridges role Paul Newman turned down: “Who would believe it?”
Even though it was written for him.
How a softcore porno convinced Paul Newman he really was a sex symbol: “The moment of my arrival”
That’s one way of realising it.